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CVE-2008-5510

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-12-17
Impact:Low What is this?

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


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


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 5.0
Vector String: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Authentication: None
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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