CVE-2009-0777

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0777
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-03-05 02:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before 3.0.7, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.21, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.15 decode invisible characters when they are displayed in the location bar, which causes an incorrect address to be displayed and makes it easier for remote attackers to spoof URLs and conduct phishing attacks.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.15 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 3.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.10 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.11 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.13 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ASA-2009-069 (RHSA-2009-0315) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE update for MozillaFirefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009 -07 -08 -09 and -11 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for firefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Firefox Location Bar Can Be Spoofed Using Specially Crafted Control Characters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
452979 – Invisible control characters in URL MUST NOT be decoded when showing its address af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
MFSA 2009-11: URL spoofing with invisible control characters af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:075 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
support.avaya.com/japple/css/japple af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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