CVE-2008-5510

N/A Unknown
Published: December 17, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021425
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228856
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47415
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9662
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021425
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228856
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47415
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9662
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

56 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.0%
77th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

debian canonical mozilla