VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-2701
Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XBM image file that ends in a large number of spaces instead of the expected end tag.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.86%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XBM image file that ends in a large number of spaces instead of the expected end tag.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.86% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/mozilla suite
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16911
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16977
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17014
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17026
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17149
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014954
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-838
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:169
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:170
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_58_mozilla.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/19643
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00004.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-789.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14916
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22373
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1480
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9323
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.