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published date: March 25, 2005

CVE-2005-0592 : Denial of Service Vulnerability

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.

Product(s):

  • Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.10
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.8
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2
  • Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3

Question to Ask Vendors:

  1. Can you confirm whether your systems are affected by CVE-2005-0592, and if so, what steps are you currently taking to mitigate this vulnerability?
  2. What is your estimated timeline for fully resolving CVE-2005-0592 in your products or services, and how will you communicate updates on this issue to us as your customer?

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