CVE-2009-5017

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6 Beta 3 does not properly handle overlong UTF-8 encoding, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting…

published November 12, 2010

CVSS
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
78.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6 Beta 3 does not properly handle overlong UTF-8 encoding, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection mechanisms via a crafted string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-1210.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01831 · 78.7th percentile
Published
2010-11-12T21:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 NOV 21:00Z
    Mozilla Firefox before 3.6 Beta 3 does not properly handle overlong UTF-8 encoding, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting…
    cvelistv5