FKIE_CVE-2008-5510
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-17 23:30 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The CSS parser in Mozilla Firefox 3.x before 3.0.5 and 2.x before 2.0.0.19, Thunderbird 2.x before 2.0.0.19, and SeaMonkey 1.x before 1.1.14 ignores the '\0' escaped null character, which might allow remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms such as sanitization routines.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | seamonkey | * | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 7.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 8.10 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 5.0 |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
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- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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