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CVE-2005-0592 Details

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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241440	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100043	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10606	CVE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-15.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659	CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241440	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100043	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10606	[email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-15.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659	[email protected]

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla firefox	0.8 0.9 0.9 rc 0.9.1 0.9.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla mozilla	1.3 1.4 1.4 alpha 1.4.1 1.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:alpha:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:beta:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 8, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]