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 :
April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the affected Firefox, Thunderbird, and Mozilla packages.
- Upgrade to Firefox 1.0.7 or later.
- Upgrade to Thunderbird 1.0.7 or disable IDN support.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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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)
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-2871
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-09/0316.html Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112624614008387&w=2 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/16764 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/16766 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/16767 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17042 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17090 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17263 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/17284 Added Reference http://securityreason.com/securityalert/83 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1014877 Added Reference http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-303.shtml Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-837 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-11.xml Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/573857 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-57.html Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/19255 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00004.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-768.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-769.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html Added Reference http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5RP0B0UGVW.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14784 Added Reference http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x17-advisory.txt Added Reference http://www.security-protocols.com/firefox-death.html Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-181-1 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1690 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1691 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307259 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22207 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1287 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A584 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9608 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
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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
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
51.60 }} -10.74%
score
0.97671
percentile