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CVE-2005-2701
Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
High7.5EPSS 6.9%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XBM image file that ends in a large number of spaces instead of the expected end tag.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.9% · top 5.9% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (28)
- MDKSA-2005:169 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-868 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FLSA-2006:168375 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 19643 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 15495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1014954 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:789 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1480 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 17026 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- mozilla-xbm-bo(22373) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-200-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-866 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 14916 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17284 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17149 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17263 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-838 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17014 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:785 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:174 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 16911 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:170 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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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