CVE-2005-4720

Mozilla 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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978	Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015	Exploit
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/17071	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:::::::*

Information

Published : 2005-12-30 21:00

Updated : 2008-09-05 13:57

NVD link : CVE-2005-4720

Mitre link : CVE-2005-4720

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

mozilla

firefox

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