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.
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
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/mozilla suite
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 6.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.