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CVE-2005-0255

String handling functions in Mozilla 1.7.3, Firefox 1.0, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, such as the nsTSubstring_CharT::Replace function, do…

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.3%
percentile 91%
Public exploits
0
none known

String handling functions in Mozilla 1.7.3, Firefox 1.0, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, such as the nsTSubstring_CharT::Replace function, do not properly check the return values of other functions that resize the string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by forcing an out-of-memory state that causes a reallocation to fail and return a pointer to a fixed address, which leads to heap corruption.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.29% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/12659 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19823 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9111 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/announce/mfsa2005-18.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100040 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • idefense.com /application/poi/display?id=200&type=vulnerabilities · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_IDEFENSE, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-277.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • gentoo.org /security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-337.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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