Improper input validation in Mozilla Firefox
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 properly parse URLs with leading whitespace or control characters, which might allow remote attackers to misrepresent URLs and simplify phishing attacks.
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (82.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 82.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 7.10, 8.04
- Debian Linux — versions 4.0, 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33408 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47414 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11040 (signature, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33205 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33421 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)