Firefox Security Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-0593

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SSL "secure site" lock icon via (1) a web site that does not finish loading, which shows the lock of the previous site, (2) a non-HTTP server that uses SSL, which causes the lock to be displayed when the SSL handshak...

CVE-2005-0752

The Plugin Finder Service (PFS) in Firefox before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a javascript: URL in the PLUGINSPAGE attribute of an EMBED tag.

CVE-2005-0989

The find_replen function in jsstr.c in the Javascript engine for Mozilla Suite 1.7.6, Firefox 1.0.1 and 1.0.2, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to read portions of heap memory in a Javascript string via the lambda replace method.

CVE-2005-1153

Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, when blocking a popup, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a javascript: URL that is executed when the user selects the "Show javascript" option.

CVE-2005-1154

Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in other domains via a setter function for a variable in the target domain, which is executed when the user visits that domain, aka "Cross-site scripting through global scope pollution."

CVE-2005-1155

The favicon functionality in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a <LINK rel="icon"> tag with a javascript: URL in the href attribute, aka "Firelinking."

CVE-2005-1156

Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script and code via a new search plugin using sidebar.addSearchEngine, aka "Firesearching 1."

CVE-2005-1157

Firefox before 1.0.3, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to replace existing search plugins with malicious ones using sidebar.addSearchEngine and the same filename as the target engine, which may not be displayed in the GUI, which could then be used to execute mali...

CVE-2005-1158

Multiple "missing security checks" in Firefox before 1.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript into privileged pages using the _search target of the Firefox sidebar.

CVE-2005-1159

The native implementations of InstallTrigger and other functions in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 do not properly verify the types of objects being accessed, which causes the Javascript interpreter to continue execution at the wrong memory address, which may allow attackers to...

CVE-2005-1160

The privileged "chrome" UI code in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by overriding certain properties or methods of DOM nodes, as demonstrated using multiple attacks involving the eval function or the Script object.

CVE-2005-1476

Firefox 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript in other domains by using an IFRAME and causing the browser to navigate to a previous javascript: URL, which can lead to arbitrary code execution when combined with CVE-2005-1477.

CVE-2005-1477

The install function in Firefox 1.0.3 allows remote web sites on the browser's whitelist, such as update.mozilla.org or addon.mozilla.org, to execute arbitrary Javascript with chrome privileges, leading to arbitrary code execution on the system when combined with vulnerabilities such as CVE-2005-14...

CVE-2005-1531

Firefox before 1.0.4 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.8 does not properly implement certain security checks for script injection, which allows remote attackers to execute script via "Wrapped" javascript: URLs, as demonstrated using (1) a javascript: URL in a view-source: URL, (2) a javascript: URL in a...

CVE-2005-1532

Firefox before 1.0.4 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.8 do not properly limit privileges of Javascript eval and Script objects in the calling context, which allows remote attackers to conduct unauthorized activities via "non-DOM property overrides," a variant of CVE-2005-1160.

CVE-2005-1575

The file download dialog in Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 and 1.0 for Windows allows remote attackers to hide the real file types of downloaded files via the Content-Type HTTP header and a filename containing whitespace, dots, or ASCII byte 160.

CVE-2005-1576

The file download dialog in Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1 and 1.0 for Windows uses the Content-Type HTTP header to determine the file type, but saves the original file extension when "Save to Disk" is selected, which allows remote attackers to hide the real file types of downloaded files.

CVE-2005-1937

A regression error in Firefox 1.0.3 and Mozilla 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript from one page into the frameset of another site, aka the frame injection spoofing vulnerability, a re-introduction of a vulnerability that was originally identified and addressed by CVE-2004...

CVE-2005-2114

Mozilla 1.7.8, Firefox 1.0.4, Camino 0.8.4, Netscape 8.0.2, and K-Meleon 0.9, and possibly other products that use the Gecko engine, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript that repeatedly calls an empty function.

CVE-2005-2260

The browser user interface in Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 does not properly distinguish between user-generated events and untrusted synthetic events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform dangerous actions that normally could only be perfor...

CVE-2005-2261

Firefox before 1.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, Netscape 8.0.2, and K-Meleon 0.9 runs XBL scripts even when Javascript has been disabled, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass such protection.

CVE-2005-2262

Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4, and Netscape 8.0.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into using the "Set As Wallpaper" (in Firefox) or "Set as Background" (in Netscape) context menu on an image URL that is really a javascript: URL with an eval statement, aka "Firewall...

CVE-2005-2263

The InstallTrigger.install method in Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows remote attackers to execute a callback function in the context of another domain by forcing a page navigation after the install method has been called, which causes the callback to be run in the context of the...

CVE-2005-2264

Firefox before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to steal sensitive information by opening a malicious link in the Firefox sidebar using the _search target, then injecting script into other pages via a data: URL.

CVE-2005-2265

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.

CVE-2005-2266

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 allows a child frame to call top.focus and other methods in a parent frame, even when the parent is in a different domain, which violates the same origin policy and allows remote attackers to steal sensitive information such as cookies and passwords fro...

CVE-2005-2267

Firefox before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to steal information and possibly execute arbitrary code by using standalone applications such as Flash and QuickTime to open a javascript: URL, which is run in the context of the previous page, and may lead to code execution if the standalone applicatio...

CVE-2005-2268

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 does not clearly associate a Javascript dialog box with the web page that generated it, which allows remote attackers to spoof a dialog box from a trusted site and facilitates phishing attacks, aka the "Dialog Origin Spoofing Vulnerability."

CVE-2005-2269

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 does not properly verify the associated types of DOM node names within the context of their namespaces, which allows remote attackers to modify certain tag properties, possibly leading to execution of arbitrary script or code, as demons...

CVE-2005-2270

Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 does not properly clone base objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by navigating the prototype chain to reach a privileged object.

CVE-2005-2395

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 does not choose the challenge with the strongest authentication scheme available as required by RFC2617, which might cause credentials to be sent in plaintext even if an encrypted channel is available.

CVE-2005-2429

Firefox, when opening Microsoft Word documents, does not properly set the permissions on shared sections, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary data to open applications in Microsoft Office.

CVE-2005-2602

Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 and Firefox 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to obfuscate URIs via a long URI, which causes the address bar to go blank and could facilitate phishing attacks.

CVE-2005-2701

Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XBM image file that ends in a large number of spaces instead of the expected end tag.

CVE-2005-2702

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via Unicode sequences with "zero-width non-joiner" characters.

CVE-2005-2703

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to modify HTTP headers of XML HTTP requests via XMLHttpRequest, and possibly use the client to exploit vulnerabilities in servers or proxies, including HTTP request smuggling and HTTP request splitting.

CVE-2005-2704

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to spoof DOM objects via an XBL control that implements an internal XPCOM interface.

CVE-2005-2705

Integer overflow in the JavaScript engine in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2005-2706

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla before Suite 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute Javascript with chrome privileges via an about: page such as about:mozilla.

CVE-2005-2707

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to spawn windows without user interface components such as the address and status bar, which could be used to conduct spoofing or phishing attacks.

CVE-2005-2871

Buffer overflow in the International Domain Name (IDN) support in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 and earlier, and Netscape 8.0.3.3 and 7.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a hostname with all "soft" hyphens (character 0xAD), which is not p...

CVE-2005-2968

Firefox 1.0.6 and Mozilla 1.7.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL that is provided to the browser on the command line, which is sent unfiltered to bash.

CVE-2005-3089

Firefox 1.0.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an eval statement. NOTE: it is not clear whether an untrusted party has any role in triggering this issue, so it might not be a vulnerability.

CVE-2005-4134

Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8.0.4 and 7.2, and K-Meleon before 0.9.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and delayed application startup) via a web site with a large title, which is recorded in history.dat but not processed efficiently during startup. NOTE: desp...

CVE-2005-4685

Firefox and Mozilla can associate a cookie with multiple domains when the DNS resolver has a non-root domain in its search list, which allows remote attackers to trick a user into accepting a cookie for a hostname formed via search-list expansion of the hostname entered by the user, or steal a cook...

CVE-2005-4720

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...

CVE-2005-4809

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1 and possibly other versions, including Mozilla and Thunderbird, allows remote attackers to spoof the URL in the Status Bar via an A HREF tag that contains a TABLE tag that contains another A tag.

CVE-2006-0292

The Javascript interpreter (jsinterp.c) in Mozilla and Firefox before 1.5.1 does not properly dereference objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to garbage collection.

CVE-2006-0293

The function allocation code (js_NewFunction in jsfun.c) in Firefox 1.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via user-defined methods that trigger garbage collection in a way that operates on freed objects.

CVE-2006-0294

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.1, Thunderbird 1.5 if running Javascript in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing an element's style from position:relative to position:static, which causes Gecko to operate on freed memory.