CVE-2005-2702

Description

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via Unicode sequences with "zero-width non-joiner" characters.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.96% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sco.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:169	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00004.html	vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14918	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014954	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-789.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11609	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/17026	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22375	vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1150	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17149	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16917	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-838	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17014	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_58_mozilla.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16911	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16977	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:170	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2702?: CVE-2005-2702 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2702?: To fix CVE-2005-2702, 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-2005-2702 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2702 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.