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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 (XSS) protection mecha

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Description

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.

Affected products

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