CVE-2009-0777

CVE Details

Release Date:

2009-03-05

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.7, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.21, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 decode invisible characters when they are displayed in the location bar, which causes an incorrect address to be displayed and makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof URLs and conduct phishing attacks.

See more information about CVE-2009-0777 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:	5.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-0315	2009-03-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2009-0315	2009-03-05
Oracle Linux version 5 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2009-0315	2009-03-05

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