CVE-2005-4720

Public Exploit

Description

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 12.66% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory security-protocols.com Vendor Advisory security-protocols.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011	vdb entry exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015	vdb entry exploit
http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt	vendor advisory exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433
http://secunia.com/advisories/17071	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978	vendor advisory exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-4720?: CVE-2005-4720 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-4720?: To fix CVE-2005-4720, 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-2005-4720 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-4720 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~13% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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