gsd-2008-5510
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2008-5510


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