CVE-2005-4720 json
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…
published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-4713
- cvss
- 5.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 8.4%
- EPSS 8.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- secunia.com/advisories/17071 advisory
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-26325)
- Published
Exploit prediction
8.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-26325 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6/1.0.7 - iFrame Handling Denial of Service dos, 2005-10-05
- securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- security-protocols.com http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- security-protocols.com http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
References
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secunia.com
/advisories/17071
third-party-advisory, patch, vendor-advisory
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securitytracker.com
/id?1015011
vdb-entry, exploit
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/15015
vdb-entry, exploit
-
security-protocols.com
/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt
exploit, vendor-advisory
-
security-protocols.com
/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978
exploit, vendor-advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=303433
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2005-4720
- NVD CVE-2005-4720
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