CVE-2008-5510

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-12-17

Description


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.

See more information about CVE-2008-5510 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 5 Base Metrics: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector: Network Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nspr)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (nss)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (nspr)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (nss)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)ELSA-2008-10362008-12-17



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