HIGH
security flaw
Published Sep 23, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.86%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XBM image file that ends in a large number of spaces instead of the expected end tag.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.0.6
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- ≤ 1.7.11
- 1.7.6
- 1.7.7
- 1.7.8
- 1.7.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.7
Fixed · RHSA-2005:789
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.0.7-1.4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:785
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.7 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:789 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.0.7-1.4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:785 |
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.86% 0.06860
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06860
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 | 6.86% (0.06860) | 93.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.86% (0.06860) | 93.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 8.68% (0.08677) | 91.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 18.93% (0.18926) | 92.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.59% (0.09586) | 92.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 53.34% (0.53337) | 97.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 30, 2024 | 91.71% (0.91712) | 98.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 13, 2024 | 94.15% (0.94146) | 98.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 94.85% (0.94851) | 98.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 95.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 94.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 89.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (33)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16911 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16917 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16977 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17014 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17026 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17149 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17263 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17284 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014954 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-838 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-866 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-868 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:169 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:170 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:174 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_58_mozilla.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/19643 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-789.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14916 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-200-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1824 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2701 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617742 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22373 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2701
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1480 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9323 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2701
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 23, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 26, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2701
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a