CVE-2008-5510
published 2008-12-17CVE-2008-5510: 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'…
PriorityP422medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNIPAN
EPSS
2.21%
80.6th percentile
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.
Affected
9 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 2.0 < 2.0.0.19 | 2.0.0.19 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 3.0 < 3.0.5 | 3.0.5 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | >= 1.0 < 1.1.14 | 1.1.14 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | >= 2.0 < 2.0.0.19 | 2.0.0.19 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
vendor_ubuntu10.0CRITICAL
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2009-02-11·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2008-5510 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox vulnerabilities
Kojima Hajime discovered that Firefox did not properly handle an escaped null
character. An attacker may be able to exploit this flaw to bypass script
sanitization. (CVE-2008-5510)
Wladimir Palant discovered that Firefox did not restrict access to cookies in
HTTP response headers. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious web
page, a remote attacker could view sensitive information. (CVE-2009-0357)
Instructions: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Firefox to effect the
necessary changes.
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2009-01-06·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2008-5500 [CRITICAL] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. If a user had Javascript
enabled, these problems could allow an attacker to crash Thunderbird and
possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. (CVE-2008-5500)
Boris Zbarsky discovered that the same-origin check in Thunderbird could be
bypassed by utilizing XBL-bindings. If a user had Javascript enabled, an
attacker could exploit this to read data from other domains. (CVE-2008-5503)
Marius Schilder discovered that Thunderbird did not properly handle redirects
to an outside domain when an XMLHttpRequest was made to a same-origin resource.
When Javascript is enabled, it's possible that sensitive information could be
revealed in the XMLHttpRequest response.
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-12-18·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2008-5510 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox vulnerabilities
Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. These problems could allow
an attacker to crash the browser and possibly execute arbitrary code with user
privileges. (CVE-2008-5500)
Boris Zbarsky discovered that the same-origin check in Firefox could be
bypassed by utilizing XBL-bindings. An attacker could exploit this to read data
from other domains. (CVE-2008-5503)
Several problems were discovered in the JavaScript engine. An attacker could
exploit feed preview vulnerabilities to execute scripts from page content with
chrome privileges. (CVE-2008-5504)
Marius Schilder discovered that Firefox did not properly handle redirects to
an outside domain when an XMLHttpRequest was made to a same-origin resource.
It's possib
Ubuntu
Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2008-12-17·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2008-5502 [CRITICAL] Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox and xulrunner vulnerabilities
Several flaws were discovered in the browser engine. These problems could allow
an attacker to crash the browser and possibly execute arbitrary code with user
privileges. (CVE-2008-5500, CVE-2008-5501, CVE-2008-5502)
It was discovered that Firefox did not properly handle persistent cookie data.
If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could
write persistent data in the user's browser and track the user across browsing
sessions. (CVE-2008-5505)
Marius Schilder discovered that Firefox did not properly handle redirects to
an outside domain when an XMLHttpRequest was made to a same-origin resource.
It's possible that sensitive information could be revealed in the
XMLHttpR
Red Hat
Firefox null characters ignored by CSS parser
vendor_redhat·2008-12-16·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2008-5510 [MEDIUM] Firefox null characters ignored by CSS parser
Firefox null characters ignored by CSS parser
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.
GHSA
GHSA-h25j-67c9-vc8j: The CSS parser in Mozilla Firefox 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2008-5510 [MEDIUM] GHSA-h25j-67c9-vc8j: The CSS parser in Mozilla Firefox 3
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2008-12-17
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