CVE-2005-4720
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and earlier on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via an IFRAME element with a large value of the WIDTH attribute, which triggers a problem related to representation of floating-point numbers,…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and earlier on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via an IFRAME element with a large value of the WIDTH attribute, which triggers a problem related to representation of floating-point numbers, leading to an infinite loop of widget resizes and a corresponding large number of function calls on the stack.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.41% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17071Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011Exploit
- http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015Exploit
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17071Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011Exploit
- http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txtExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015Exploit
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.