Name: Vulnix
Price: 99 USD

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.3/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33184Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1696Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1697Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1704Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-66.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1037.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0002.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021426Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-2Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=425046Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460803Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47414Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11040Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33189Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33415Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33421Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33433Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33434Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33547Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1Broken Link

Timeline

Published: Dec 17, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

CVE-2008-5508