MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2007-0778

Firefox vulnerability

CVSS
5.4
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
The page cache feature in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 can generate hash collisions that cause page data to be appended to the wrong page cache, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or enable further attack vectors when the target page is reloaded from the cache.
Affected vendor
Mozilla
Affected product
Firefox
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2007-02-26

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2007-0778

  • Confirm whether Mozilla Firefox is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2007-0778.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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