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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 17, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-5510

CVE-2008-5510

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.

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Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.0,<2.0.0.19
    • (no CPE)range: <3.0.5
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.0,<1.1.14
    • (no CPE)range: <1.1.14
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.0,<2.0.0.19
    • (no CPE)range: <2.0.0.19
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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