security flaw
Published Feb 28, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.86%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the UTF8ToNewUnicode function for Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via invalid sequences in a UTF8 encoded string that result in a zero length value.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.0.1-1.4.3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:176
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.0.1-1.4.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:176 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.86% (0.03861) | 89.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.86% (0.03861) | 88.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.41% (0.03411) | 86.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.92% (0.06922) | 85.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.80% (0.03798) | 87.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.11% (0.02110) | 89.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 5, 2024 | 2.11% (0.02110) | 89.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 5, 2024 | 4.14% (0.04136) | 91.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.54% (0.04542) | 91.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 92.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.54% (0.07544) | 81.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOVendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-15.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12659 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0592 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=241440 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617550 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0592
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100043 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10606 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0592
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.