VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-5508

CVSS score4.3 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-12-17
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

Primary references