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Status published
Critical
CVE-2004-0904
Integer overflow in the bitmap (BMP) decoder for Mozilla Firefox...
Vulnerability Description
Integer overflow in the bitmap (BMP) decoder for Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via wide bitmap files that trigger heap-based buffer overflows.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17381
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
- http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=255067
- http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11171
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-261A.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109698896104418&w=2
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10952
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/847200
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
firefox, mozilla, thunderbird, navigator, linux, enterprise linux, enterprise linux desktop, fedora core, linux advanced workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 0.6, 0.7, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3, 7.0, 7.0.2, 7.1, 7.2, 9.0, 10.0, 2.1, 3.0, core_1.0, 7.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 24th, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.