Improper Input Validation Affecting mozilla package, versions [2.0,2.0.0.19)[3.0,3.0.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.46% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2377845
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Dec 2008
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Dec 2008

CVE-2008-5508  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 2.0.0.19, 3.0.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. 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.

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