CVE-2007-0008

Integer underflow in the SSLv2 support in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.11.5, as used by Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, SeaMonkey before 1.0.8, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.10, and certain Sun Java System server products before 20070611, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SSLv2 server message containing a public key that is too short to encrypt the "Master Secret", which results in a heap-based overflow.

Published: 2007-02-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0008 is rated Moderate Risk (53.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.33%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0008

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 17.41% 4.33% -13.08%
2 2025-10-15 16.87% 17.41% +0.55%
3 2025-08-09 16.87%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0008

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0008

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0008

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-0008: 2 GLSA(s) (200703-18, 200703-22), 3 atom(s) (dev-libs/nss, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0008
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0008
suse medium CVE-2007-0008 severity moderate: SUSE including 22 source package names (MozillaFirefox-10.0-0.3.2, MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, …), 22 product×package rows across 7 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2, … (7 product lines)): Fixed 22. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0008/
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0008 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (firefox, iceape, lightning-sunbird, midbrowser, mozilla-thunderbird, xulrunner), 30 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): DNE 11, released 11, needs-triage 6, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-0008

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0008

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 1.5.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:preview_release:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 1.5.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 2.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla network_security_services 3.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey <= 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird <= 1.5.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.9 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0008

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2709
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2711
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2747
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2749
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=482 Vendor Advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24238 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24252 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24253 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24277 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24293 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24320 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24328 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24389 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24406
http://secunia.com/advisories/24410 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455
http://secunia.com/advisories/24456
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457
http://secunia.com/advisories/24522 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24562 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24703 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25588
http://secunia.com/advisories/25597
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-18.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.363947
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102856-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102945-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1336
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-22.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/377812 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:052
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-06.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html
http://www.osvdb.org/32105
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461809/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22694
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64758
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017696
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-431-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0718
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0719
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1165
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2141
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364319 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32666
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1081
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10502
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