CVE-2005-4720

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17071
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/17071
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://security-protocols.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2978
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015011
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.security-protocols.com/advisory/sp-x19-advisory.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=303433
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
12.7%
94th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla