Is CVE-2008-4068 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-4068 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-4068?

CVE-2008-4068 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-4068?

CVE-2008-4068 has an EPSS score of 4.17% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2008-4068?

Upgrade DeveloperEdition to 2.0.0.17 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-4068

HIGHEPSS 90th pctl

7.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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 allows remote attackers to bypass "restrictions imposed on local HTML files," and obtain sensitive information and prompt users to write this information into a file, via directory traversal sequences in a resource: URI.

CWE-22Path Traversal

How to fix

Remediation Available

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:2.0.0.17Fixed in:2.0.0.17Mozilla

Affected:3.0 3.0.2Fixed in:3.0.2Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:3.0 3.0.2Fixed in:3.0.2Mozilla

Affected:2.0.0.17Fixed in:2.0.0.17Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:2.0.0.17Fixed in:2.0.0.17Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.17%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

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CVE-2024-23897	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-32315	High	8.6	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-29464	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2021-26086	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-22005	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2020-5902	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.