CVE-2008-5508
N/A
Published: December 17, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFirefox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%2.0 ≤ v < 2.0.0.193.0 ≤ v < 3.0.5
Affected range stops below 2.0.0.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
1.0 ≤ v < 1.1.14
Affected range stops below 1.1.14, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
2.0 ≤ v < 2.0.0.19
Affected range stops below 2.0.0.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (41)
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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