CVE-2005-1159
The native implementations of InstallTrigger and other functions in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 do not properly verify the types of objects being accessed, which causes the Javascript interpreter to continue execution at the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.95%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The native implementations of InstallTrigger and other functions in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 do not properly verify the types of objects being accessed, which causes the Javascript interpreter to continue execution at the wrong memory address, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by passing objects of the wrong type.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.95% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/mozilla
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013742Patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013743Patch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-40.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13232Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290162Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20123
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100018
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10629
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013742Patch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013743Patch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-40.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.