CVE-2005-0592
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CVE-2005-0592 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 3.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | 0.8 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9.1 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9.2 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 0.9.3 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 0.10 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 0.10.1 |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.3 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.4 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.4.1 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.5 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.5.1 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.6 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.7 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.7.1 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.7.2 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.7.3 |
| Mozilla | Mozilla | 1.7.5 |
References
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-15.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241440Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-15.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241440Vendor Advisory
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