What is CVE-2007-2868?

CVE-2007-2868 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Code Injection. Published 2007-06-01.

Is CVE-2007-2868 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2007-2868

Multiple vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine for Mozilla Firefox 1.5.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, Thunderbird 1.5.x before 1.5.0.12 and 2.x before 2.0.0.4, and SeaMonkey 1.0.9 and 1.1.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger memory corruption.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2007-06-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.049 (91.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions 1.5, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2
Mozilla Seamonkey — versions 1.0.9, 1.1.2
Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 1.5, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

secunia.com/advisories/25496 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
fedoranews.org/cms/node/2747 (vendor-advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1308 (vendor-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/27427 (third-party-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10711 (signature, vdb-entry)
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-12.html (Vendor Advisory)
h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-2868?: CVE-2007-2868 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Code Injection. Published 2007-06-01.
Is CVE-2007-2868 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.