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
Published Feb 15, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.41%
Description
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.
Affected products
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:N/I:N/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 1, 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 (20 key points)
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| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.41% (0.08410) | 94.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.22% (0.08219) | 94.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 12.66% (0.12662) | 93.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.19% (0.15190) | 91.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.66% (0.12662) | 93.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.69% (0.02693) | 90.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 17, 2024 | 3.77% (0.03767) | 92.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 14.72% (0.14720) | 95.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 22, 2024 | 16.03% (0.16031) | 96.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 14.98% (0.14979) | 95.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 12.86% (0.12865) | 95.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 11.00% (0.10999) | 95.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2024 | 9.49% (0.09486) | 94.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 15, 2024 | 7.95% (0.07945) | 94.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 6.44% (0.06445) | 93.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2023 | 3.77% (0.03767) | 90.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.22% (0.04218) | 90.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 92.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 91.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.79% (0.06790) | 79.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17071 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978 x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
- http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433 x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17071 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978 | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit | |
| http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.