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MFSA2007-19 Firefox: XSS using addEventListener and setTimeout (CVE-2007-3736)

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MFSA2007-19 Firefox: XSS using addEventListener and setTimeout (CVE-2007-3736)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
07/18/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/14/2012
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script "into another site's context" via a "timing issue" involving the (1) addEventListener or (2) setTimeout function, probably by setting events that activate after the context has changed.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-2_0_0_5

References

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