CVE-2005-0592

N/A Unknown
Published: March 25, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the UTF8ToNewUnicode function for Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via invalid sequences in a UTF8 encoded string that result in a zero length value.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-15.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241440
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100043
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10606
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-15.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241440
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100043
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10606
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.4%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla