Mozilla Firefox CSS Parser Does Not Properly Parse Null Characters
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1021425 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1021425
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-5510
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Dec 17 2008
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Impact:
Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2.x prior to 2.0.0.19; 3.x prior to 3.0.5
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user may be able to bypass script filtering.
The CSS parser incorrectly ignores the escaped form '\0'. A remote user may be able to exploit this to bypass script filtering routines in web applications.
Thunderbird and SeaMonkey are affected.
Kojima Hajime reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user may be able to bypass script filtering routines in web applications.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix (2.0.0.19, 3.0.5).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:51:00 -0500
Subject: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html
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Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2008-5510
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