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High
CVE-2005-0592
Heap-based buffer overflow in the UTF8ToNewUnicode function for Firefox before...
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the UTF8ToNewUnicode function for Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via invalid sequences in a UTF8 encoded string that result in a zero length value.
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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-15.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241440
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100043
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10606
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.10, 0.10.1, 1.0, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.6, 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.5
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 28th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 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.