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CVE-2005-0399
Heap-based buffer overflow in GIF2.cpp in Firefox before 1.0.2, Mozilla before to 1.7.6, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, and possibly other…
Medium5.1EPSS 15.1%
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- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in GIF2.cpp in Firefox before 1.0.2, Mozilla before to 1.7.6, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, and possibly other applications that use the same library, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF image with a crafted Netscape extension 2 block and buffer size.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.1% · top 3.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- RHSA-2005:323 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:336 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0296 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100028 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:335 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19823 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- P-160 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- gif-extension-overflow(19269) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 12881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-30.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=150877 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050323 Mozilla Foundation GIF Overflow (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_ISSx_transferred
- VU#557948 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-30 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11377 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 14654 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:337 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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