7.5
HIGH
CVE-2005-2871
Mozilla Firefox IDN Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Buffer overflow in the International Domain Name (IDN) support in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and earlier, and Netscape 8.0.3.3 and 7.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with all "soft" hyphens (character 0xAD), which is not properly handled by the NormalizeIDN call in nsStandardURL::BuildNormalizedSpec.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 9, 2005, 6:03 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, midnight

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-2871 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2005-2871.

URL Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-09/0316.html
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112624614008387&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16764
http://secunia.com/advisories/16766
http://secunia.com/advisories/16767
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/83
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014877
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-303.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-837
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-11.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/573857 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-57.html
http://www.osvdb.org/19255
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00004.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-768.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-769.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5RP0B0UGVW.html
http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.security-protocols.com/firefox-death.html Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14784
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-181-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1690
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1691
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307259
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22207
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1287
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A584
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9608
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-09/0316.html
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112624614008387&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16764
http://secunia.com/advisories/16766
http://secunia.com/advisories/16767
http://secunia.com/advisories/17042
http://secunia.com/advisories/17090
http://secunia.com/advisories/17263
http://secunia.com/advisories/17284
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/83
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014877
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-303.shtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-837
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-11.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/573857 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-57.html
http://www.osvdb.org/19255
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00004.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-768.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-769.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5RP0B0UGVW.html
http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.security-protocols.com/firefox-death.html Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14784
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-181-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1690
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1691
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307259
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22207
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1287
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A584
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9608

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-2871 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-2871 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1287 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9608 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:584 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9608 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A584 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1287 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22207 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22207 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=full-disclosure&m=112624614008387&w=2
    Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112624614008387&w=2
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 12, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-2871 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-2871 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

96.13 }} -0.29%

score

0.99545

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability