CVE-2005-0399Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

8 documents6 sources
Severity
5.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
41.3%
top 2.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 2
Latest updateMay 3

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 4.9 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

NVDmozilla/firefox9 versions+8
NVDmozilla/thunderbird14 versions+13
NVDmozilla/mozilla11 versions+10

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x75c-2774-mpv3: Heap-based buffer overflow in GIF22022-05-03
CVEList
CVE-2005-0399: Heap-based buffer overflow in GIF22005-03-24

📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities2005-07-28
Red Hat
security flaw2005-03-23
Red Hat
tar archive path traversal issue2003-07-21

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2005-0399 security flaw2018-08-16
Bugzilla
Multiple tar issues (CVE-2005-1918, CVE-2006-0300)2006-03-02