CVE-2005-4720
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.
Predictions
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Mitigations
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6/1.0.7 - iFrame Handling Denial of Service
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15015/info
Mozilla Firefox is prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability.
The vulnerability presents itself when an affected browser handles a specially crafted IFRAME.
A successful attack may result in crashing the application, or consuming excessive CPU and memory resources of computers running the affected application.
It should be noted that this issue was reported to affect Firefox 1.0.6 and 1.0.7 running on Linux. Other versions running on different platforms may be vulnerable as well.
IFRAME WIDTH=33333333 OS impact
Debian Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sid | Fixed | 1.5.dfsg-1 |
References
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