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CVE-2008-5510 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228856	CVE	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47415	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9662	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	CVE	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1	CVE	Broken Link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021425	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=228856	[email protected]	Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33184	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33188	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33203	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33204	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33205	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33216	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33231	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33408	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33523	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34501	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35080	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47415	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9662	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-256408-1	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-258748-1	[email protected]	Broken Link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/690-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1707	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:244	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:245	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:012	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-67.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1036.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32882	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021425	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-690-2	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-701-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0977	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	>= 2.0, < 2.0.0.19 >= 3.0, < 3.0.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla seamonkey	>= 1.0, < 1.1.14
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird	>= 2.0, < 2.0.0.19
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	7.10 8.04 8.10
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	4.0 5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 8, 2018	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 18, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2008-5510 Details

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