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CVE-2005-4720 Details

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.

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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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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17071 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978 CVEExploitVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011 CVEExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015 CVEExploit

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
1.0.6
1.0.7

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-4720
NVD Published Date:
Dec 31, 2005
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]