CVE-2009-3078

Description

Visual truncation vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.14, and 3.5.x before 3.5.3, allows remote attackers to trigger a vertical scroll and spoof URLs via unspecified Unicode characters with a tall line-height property.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.72% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1885 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36343 vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_48_firefox.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1430.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=453827
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5418 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/36692 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36670 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/36671 third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-50.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10871 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37098 third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022875 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3078?
CVE-2009-3078 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3078?
To fix CVE-2009-3078, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-3078 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-3078 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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