CVE-2004-0903

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0903
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-01-27 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the writeGroup function in nsVCardObj.cpp for Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed VCard attachments that are not properly handled when previewing a message.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Conectiva Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.7.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All workstation_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_1.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.3 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.3 All i686 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 9.0 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium_processor All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 1.0 All desktop All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.1 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 8.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux 9.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
257314 – stack based buffer overflow with vcards when previewing email message af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
'[security bulletin]SSRT4826 rev.0 Mozilla Application Suite for HP Tru64 UNIX Multiple Potential Sec' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Mozilla Security Advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA04-261A -- Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla products af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird, Epiphany: New releases fix vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
'[FLSA-2004:2089] Updated mozilla packages fix security vulnerabilities' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#414240 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Mozilla Browser Vcard Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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