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CVE-2009-4130 (GCVE-0-2009-4130)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-12-14 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:54
VLAI
Summary
Visual truncation vulnerability in the MakeScriptDialogTitle function in nsGlobalWindow.cpp in Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to spoof the origin domain name of a script via a long name.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37232 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023287 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2009-12-05 00:00
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