CVE-2005-4720 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.4% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.41% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6/1.0.7 - iFrame Handling Denial of Service | 2005-10-05 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17071
- http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011
- http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17071
- http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011
- http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433
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