fkie_cve-2009-5017
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2010-11-12 22:00
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
Mozilla Firefox before 3.6 Beta 3 does not properly handle overlong UTF-8 encoding, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via a crafted string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1210.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.2/rev/e42c563313a0
cve@mitre.orghttp://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2009/10/couple-of-unicode-issues-on-php-and.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511859Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522634
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-1.9.2/rev/e42c563313a0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sirdarckcat.blogspot.com/2009/10/couple-of-unicode-issues-on-php-and.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511859Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=522634
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox *
mozilla firefox 3.6


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      "value": "Mozilla Firefox before 3.6 Beta 3 does not properly handle overlong UTF-8 encoding, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via a crafted string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1210."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Mozilla Firefox anterior v3.6 Beta 3 no maneja adecuadamente codificaciones UTF-8 demasiado largas, lo que hace facil para atacantes remotos superar los mecan\u00edsmos de protecci\u00f3n de secuencias de comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) a trav\u00e9s de cadenas manipuladas, una vulnerabilidad diferente que CVE-2010-1210."
    }
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  "id": "CVE-2009-5017",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-11T00:51:21.963",
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        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
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          "baseScore": 4.3,
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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}


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