Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.17 and 3.x before 3.0.2, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.17, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.12 on Linux allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and URL-encoded / (slash) characters in a resource: URI.
CVE-2008-4067
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 90.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 24, 2008
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (106)
- secalert@redhathttp://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=WZXONb-tqBw~
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00005.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/31984
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/31985
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/31987
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32007
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32010
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32011
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32012
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32025
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32042
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32044
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32082
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32089
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/32092
Patch Availability(6)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | thunderbird (2.0.0.17+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) @ hardy | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | xulrunner-1.9 (1.9.0.2+build6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1) @ hardy | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | firefox (1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.15~prepatch080614e-0ubuntu3) @ dapper | 2026-05-30 | ubuntu |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:2.0.0.17-1.el5 | 2008-10-01 | redhat |
| redhat | seamonkey-0:1.0.9-26.el4 | 2008-09-24 | redhat |
| redhat | yelp-0:2.16.0-21.el5 | 2008-09-24 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
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- Red HatRHSA-2008:0879MODERATE2008-09-23
RHSA-2008:0879 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0882MODERATE2008-09-23
RHSA-2008:0882 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0908MODERATE2008-09-23
RHSA-2008:0908 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-645-1MEDIUM
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-645-2MEDIUM
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-647-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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