Firefox Security Vulnerabilities - CVSS Score 5 - 6

CVE-2002-2437

The JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 4.0, Thunderbird before 3.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.1 does not properly restrict the set of values contained in the object returned by the getComputedStyle method, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about visited web...

CVE-2003-1492

Netscape Navigator 7.0.2 and Mozilla allows remote attackers to access cookie information in a different domain via an HTTP request for a domain with an extra . (dot) at the end.

CVE-2004-0761

Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, allow remote attackers to use certain redirect sequences to spoof the security lock icon that makes a web page appear to be encrypted.

CVE-2004-0762

Mozilla before 1.7, Firefox before 0.9, and Thunderbird before 0.7, allow remote web sites to install arbitrary extensions by using interactive events to manipulate the XPInstall Security dialog box.

CVE-2004-0763

Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1 and 0.9.2 allows remote web sites to spoof certificates of trusted web sites via redirects and Javascript that uses the "onunload" method.

CVE-2004-1200

Firefox and Mozilla allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from memory consumption), as demonstrated using Javascript code that continuously creates nested arrays and then sorts the newly created arrays.

CVE-2004-1380

Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 allows inactive (background) tabs to launch dialog boxes, which can allow remote attackers to spoof the dialog boxes from web sites in other windows and facilitate phishing attacks, aka the "Dialog Box Spoofing Vulnerability."

CVE-2004-1381

Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 allow inactive (background) tabs to focus on input being entered in the active tab, as originally reported using form fields, which allows remote attackers to steal sensitive data that is intended for other sites, which could facilitate phishing attacks.

CVE-2004-2225

Mozilla Firefox before 0.10.1 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files in the download directory via a crafted data: URI that is not properly handled when the user clicks the Save button.

CVE-2004-2227

Mozilla Firefox before 1.0 truncates long filenames in the file download dialog box, which makes it easier for remote attackers to trick users into downloading files with dangerous extensions.

CVE-2005-0146

Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive data from the clipboard via Javascript that generates a middle-click event on systems for which a middle-click performs a paste operation.

CVE-2005-0150

Firefox before 1.0 allows the user to store a (1) javascript: or (2) data: URLs as a Livefeed bookmark, then executes it in the security context of the currently loaded page when the user later accesses the bookmark, which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

CVE-2005-0230

Firefox 1.0 does not prevent the user from dragging an executable file to the desktop when it has an image/gif content type but has a dangerous extension such as .bat or .exe, which allows remote attackers to bypass the intended restriction and execute arbitrary commands via malformed GIF files tha...

CVE-2005-0255

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...

CVE-2005-0399

Heap-based buffer overflow in GIF2.cpp in Firefox before 1.0.2, Mozilla before to 1.7.6, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, and possibly other applications that use the same library, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF image with a crafted Netscape extension 2 block and buffer si...

CVE-2005-0401

FireFox 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 do not sufficiently address all attack vectors for loading chrome files and hijacking drag and drop events, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary XUL code by tricking a user into dragging a scrollbar, a variant of CVE-2005-0527, aka "Firescrolling...

CVE-2005-0527

Firefox 1.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via plugins that load "privileged content" into frames, as demonstrated using certain XUL events when a user drags a scrollbar two times, aka "Firescrolling."

CVE-2005-0588

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 does not restrict xsl:include and xsl:import tags in XSLT stylesheets to the current domain, which allows remote attackers to determine the existence of files on the local system.

CVE-2005-0589

The Form Fill feature in Firefox before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to steal potentially sensitive information via an input control that monitors the values that are generated by the autocomplete capability.

CVE-2005-0590

The installation confirmation dialog in Firefox before 1.0.1, Thunderbird before 1.0.1, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to use InstallTrigger to spoof the hostname of the host performing the installation via a long "user:pass" sequence in the URL, which appears before the real host...

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-2005-1158

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-2005-1160

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-2005-1575

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-2005-2114

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-2005-2262

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-2005-2265

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-2005-2395

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-2005-2703

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-2005-2707

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-2005-4134

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-2005-4720

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-2006-0295

Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5 if Javascript is enabled in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the QueryInterface method of the built-in Location and Navigator objects, which leads to memory corruption.

CVE-2006-0296

The XULDocument.persist function in Mozilla, Firefox before 1.5.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not validate the attribute name, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript by injecting RDF data into the user's localstore.rdf file.

CVE-2006-0297

Multiple integer overflows in Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5 if Javascript is enabled in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) EscapeAttributeValue in jsxml.c for E4X, (2) nsSVGCairoSurface::Init in SVG, and (3) nsCanvasRenderingCont...

CVE-2006-0298

The XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.1 and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read sensitive data via unknown attack vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

CVE-2006-1650

Firefox 1.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks by re-opening the window to a malicious Shockwave Flash application, then changing the window location back to a trusted URL while the Flash application is still loading. NOTE: a followup was unab...

CVE-2006-1738

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by changing the (1) -moz-grid and (2) -moz-grid-group display styles.

CVE-2006-1742

The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not properly handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory...

CVE-2006-1942

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 and possibly other versions before 1.5.0.4, Netscape 8.1, 8.0.4, and 7.2, and K-Meleon 0.9.13 allows user-assisted remote attackers to open local files via a web page with an IMG element containing a SRC attribute with a non-image file:// URL, then tricking the user into sel...

CVE-2006-1993

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain Javascript that is not properly handled by the contentWindow.focus method in an iframe, which causes a reference to a deleted controller context ...

CVE-2006-2057

Argument injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify command line arguments to an invoked mail client via " (double quote) characters in a mailto: scheme handler, as demonstrated by launching Microsoft Outlook with an arbitrary filename as an att...

CVE-2006-2723

Unspecified versions of Mozilla Firefox allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page that contains a large number of nested marquee tags. NOTE: a followup post indicated that the initial report could not be verified.