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.
Published: 2005-02-28
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0593 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-3 Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
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Mozilla Firefox Mozilla
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:21:06.421Z

Reserved: 2005-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0592

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Status : Modified

Published: 2005-03-25T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0592

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-02-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0592 - Bugzilla

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