CVE-2004-0902 in the critical feed json
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allow…
published 2004-09-24 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-0900
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 10.1%
- EPSS 10.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the "Send page" functionality, (2) certain responses from a malicious POP3 server, or (3) a link containing a non-ASCII hostname.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2004-0902 updated
security flaw
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
10.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
References
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us-cert.gov
/cas/techalerts/TA04-261A.html
third-party-advisory, patch, us-government-resource
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novell.com
/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
vendor-advisory
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marc.info
/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
vendor-advisory
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security.gentoo.org
/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
vendor-advisory
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marc.info
/?l=bugtraq&m=109698896104418&w=2
vendor-advisory
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oval.cisecurity.org
/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11201
vdb-entry, signature
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/17379
vdb-entry
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=256316
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=245066
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=226669
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=258005
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/17378
vdb-entry
- mozilla.org /projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2004-0902
- NVD CVE-2004-0902
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