CVE-2005-4720

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4720
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and earlier on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via an IFRAME element with a large value of the WIDTH attribute, which triggers a problem related to representation of floating-point numbers, leading to an infinite loop of widget resizes and a corresponding large number of function calls on the stack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Mozilla Firefox Iframe Size Denial of Service Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
303433 – CVE-2005-4720 Firefox 1.0.6 segfaults on this malformed .html page af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Mozilla Firefox IFRAME Handling Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
LinkedIn af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.security-protocols.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mozilla Firefox Buffer Overflow in Processing IFRAME Widths May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit
security-protocols.com/modules.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security-protocols.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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