CVE-2008-5508
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Improper input validation
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33184Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33188Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33189Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33203Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33204Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33205Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33216Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33231Advisory