CVE-2005-0592

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.41% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823	third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-15.html	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241440	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100043	vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10606	vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0592?: CVE-2005-0592 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0592?: To fix CVE-2005-0592, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0592 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-0592 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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