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CVE-2008-5510

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2008-12-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Canonical Ubuntu LinuxMozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyDebian Debian LinuxMozilla Thunderbird

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References