CVE-2007-0777

The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain vectors that trigger memory corruption.

Published: 2007-02-26 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-0777 is rated High Risk (72.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 42.76%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-0777

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 2025-10-15 41.89% 42.76% +0.87%
2 2025-03-30 51.57% 41.89% -9.68%
3 2025-03-29 51.57%

Full EPSS history (17 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-0777

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-0777

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-0777

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2007-0777: 3 GLSA(s) (200703-04, 200703-08, 200703-18), 6 atom(s) (mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin, www-client/mozilla-firefox, www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin, www-client/seamonkey, www-client/seamonkey-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-0777
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-0777
suse critical CVE-2007-0777 severity critical: 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-2007-0777/
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-0777 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-2007-0777

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2007-0777

Impact: Successful exploitation in Thunderbird requires that JavaScript be enabled in mail which is not the default setting.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-0777

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox >= 1.5, < 1.5.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 2.0, < 2.0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey < 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird < 1.5.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 5.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.06 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 6.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-0777

URL Tags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070202-01-P.asc Broken Link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070301-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2713 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2728 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2747 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2749 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0001.html Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0077.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24205 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24238 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24252 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24287 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24290 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24293 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24320 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24328 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24333 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24342 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24343 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24384 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24389 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24393 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24395 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24406 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24410 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24437 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24455 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24456 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24457 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24522 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24650 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-18.xml Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.338131 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.363947 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.374851 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200703-08.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/269484 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:050 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:052 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-01.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_22_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/32115 Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0078.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0079.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0097.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0108.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461336/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/461809/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22694 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017698 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-428-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-431-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0718 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0719 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32699 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1081 Broken Link
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1103 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11331 Third Party Advisory
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