CVE-2008-5508 — Improper Input Validation in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.2%
top 15.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird+2 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 17
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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 does not properly parse URLs with leading whitespace or control characters, which might allow remote attackers to misrepresent URLs and simplify phishing attacks.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:P/A:NExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox2.0 — 2.0.0.19+1
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey1.0 — 1.1.14
▶NVDmozilla/thunderbird2.0 — 2.0.0.19

Also affects: Debian Linux 4.0, 5.0, Ubuntu Linux 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-ggjv-5q8p-39gf: Mozilla Firefox 3↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2008-5508: Mozilla Firefox 3↗2008-12-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2009-01-06
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2009-01-06
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2008-12-18
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Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities↗2008-12-17
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Red Hat
Firefox errors parsing URLs with control characters↗2008-12-16
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-5508 Firefox errors parsing URLs with control characters↗2008-12-12
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