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4.3med

CVE-2008-5508

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 properl…

Published 17 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.2%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.22% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.04.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/32882 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33408 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2009/dsa-1697 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/47414 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11040 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id?1021426 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33205 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33421 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2009/0977 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/usn-690-2 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-66.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/usn-701-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33231 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /690-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33203 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33433 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2009/dsa-1707 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=425046 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33216 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • sunsolve.sun.com /search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2009/dsa-1704 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2009/dsa-1696 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33204 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/usn-701-2 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33184 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • sunsolve.sun.com /search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUNALERT, x_transferred
  • mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=460803 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33415 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33188 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33523 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/35080 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33547 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33434 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/33189 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/34501 · Third Party Advisory

Sources

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