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CVE-2005-4134

UnknownEPSS 12.59%

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CVE-2005-4134 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8.0.4 and 7.2, and K-Meleon before 0.9.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and delayed application startup) via a web site with a large title, which is recorded in history.dat but not processed efficiently during startup. NOTE: despite initial reports, the Mozilla vendor does not believe that this issue can be used to trigger a crash or buffer overflow in Firefox. EPSS estimates a 12.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8.0.4 and 7.2, and K-Meleon before 0.9.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and delayed application startup) via a web site with a large title, which is recorded in history.dat but not processed efficiently during startup. NOTE: despite initial reports, the Mozilla vendor does not believe that this issue can be used to trigger a crash or buffer overflow in Firefox. Also, it has been independently reported that Netscape 8.1 does not have this issue.

Metrics

EPSS Probability
12.59%

95.7th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
K-Meleon ProjectK-Meleon<= 0.9
K-Meleon ProjectK-Meleon0.7
K-Meleon ProjectK-Meleon0.7_service_pack_1
K-Meleon ProjectK-Meleon0.8
K-Meleon ProjectK-Meleon0.8.1
K-Meleon ProjectK-Meleon0.8.2
MozillaFirefox<= 1.5
MozillaMozilla Suite<= 1.7.12
NetscapeNavigator<= 8.0.40
NetscapeNavigator7.1
NetscapeNavigator7.2

References

Timeline

Published
Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2005-4134?
Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8.0.4 and 7.2, and K-Meleon before 0.9.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and delayed application startup) via a web site with a large title, which is recorded in history.dat but not processed efficiently during startup. NOTE: despite initial reports, the Mozilla vendor does not believe that this issue can be used to trigger a crash or buffer overflow in Firefox. Also, it has been independently reported that Netscape 8.1 does not have this issue.
How severe is CVE-2005-4134?
Severity scoring for CVE-2005-4134 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 12.59% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4134?
Check the vendor references and advisories linked above for patched versions and mitigation guidance. You can also run a Strix scan to test if your systems are affected.

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Source: NVD / NIST