Oval Definition:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100040
Revision Date:2007-05-09Version:5
Title:Mozilla String Library Memory Overwrite Vulnerability
Description:String handling functions in Mozilla 1.7.3, Firefox 1.0, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, such as the nsTSubstring_CharT::Replace function, do not properly check the return values of other functions that resize the string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code by forcing an out-of-memory state that causes a reallocation to fail and return a pointer to a fixed address, which leads to heap corruption.
Family:windowsClass:vulnerability
Status:ACCEPTEDReference(s):CVE-2005-0255
Platform(s):Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows NT
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows XP
Product(s):mozilla
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
Definition Synopsis
  • Mozilla Firefox version 1.0 or earlier is installed
  • Firefox version 1.0 or earlier is installed
  • AND Mozilla Firefox version 1.0 or earlier is installed
  • OR Mozilla Thunderbird version 1.0 or earlier is installed
  • Mozilla Thunderbird version 1.0 or earlier is installed
  • AND Mozilla Thunderbird version 1.0 or earlier is installed
  • OR Mozilla Suite version 1.7.5 or earlier is installed
  • Mozilla Suite version 1.7.5 or earlier is installed
  • AND Mozilla Suite version 1.7.5 or earlier is installed
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