Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0399 - Remote Heap Overflow vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla and Thunderbird
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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 size.
Vulnerable Configurations
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200503-31.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-31 (Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities) The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Firefox: Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an exploitable heap overrun in the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape extension 2 (CAN-2005-0399) Kohei Yoshino discovered that a page bookmarked as a sidebar could bypass privileges control (CAN-2005-0402) Michael Krax reported a new way to bypass XUL security restrictions through drag-and-drop of items like scrollbars (CAN-2005-0401) Impact : The GIF heap overflow could be triggered by a malicious GIF image that would end up executing arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Firefox By tricking the user into bookmarking a malicious page as a Sidebar, a remote attacker could potentially execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running the browser By setting up a malicious website and convincing users to obey very specific drag-and-drop instructions, attackers may leverage drag-and-drop features to bypass XUL security restrictions, which could be used as a stepping stone to exploit other vulnerabilities Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17620 published 2005-03-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17620 title GLSA-200503-31 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2005-323.NASL description Updated mozilla packages that fix various bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Mozilla is an open source Web browser, advanced email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor. A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Mozilla processes GIF images. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, which when viewed by a victim will execute arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0399 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Mozilla displays dialog windows. It is possible that a malicious web page which is being displayed in a background tab could present the user with a dialog window appearing to come from the active page. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-1380 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Mozilla allowed plug-ins to load privileged content into a frame. It is possible that a malicious webpage could trick a user into clicking in certain places to modify configuration settings or execute arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0232 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Mozilla Mail handles cookies when loading content over HTTP regardless of the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17624 published 2005-03-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17624 title RHEL 2.1 / 3 : mozilla (RHSA-2005:323) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_7D2AAC529C6B11D999A7000A95BC6FAE.NASL description A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory states : An (sic) GIF processing error when parsing the obsolete Netscape extension 2 can lead to an exploitable heap overrun, allowing an attacker to run arbitrary code on the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18998 published 2005-07-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18998 title FreeBSD : mozilla -- heap buffer overflow in GIF image processing (7d2aac52-9c6b-11d9-99a7-000a95bc6fae) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2005-335.NASL description Updated mozilla packages that fix various bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Mozilla is an open source Web browser, advanced email and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editor. A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Mozilla processes GIF images. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, which when viewed by a victim will execute arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0399 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Mozilla responds to proxy auth requests. It is possible for a malicious webserver to steal credentials from a victims browser by issuing a 407 proxy authentication request. (CVE-2005-0147) A bug was found in the way Mozilla displays dialog windows. It is possible that a malicious web page which is being displayed in a background tab could present the user with a dialog window appearing to come from the active page. (CVE-2004-1380) A bug was found in the way Mozilla Mail handles cookies when loading content over HTTP regardless of the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17626 published 2005-03-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17626 title RHEL 4 : mozilla (RHSA-2005:335) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200503-30.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-30 (Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities) The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in the Mozilla Suite: Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an exploitable heap overrun in the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape extension 2 (CAN-2005-0399) Michael Krax reported that plugins can be used to load privileged content and trick the user to interact with it (CAN-2005-0232, CAN-2005-0527) Michael Krax also reported potential spoofing or cross-site-scripting issues through overlapping windows, image or scrollbar drag-and-drop, and by dropping javascript: links on tabs (CAN-2005-0230, CAN-2005-0231, CAN-2005-0401, CAN-2005-0591) Daniel de Wildt and Gael Delalleau discovered a memory overwrite in a string library (CAN-2005-0255) Wind Li discovered a possible heap overflow in UTF8 to Unicode conversion (CAN-2005-0592) Eric Johanson reported that Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) features allow homograph attacks (CAN-2005-0233) Mook, Doug Turner, Kohei Yoshino and M. Deaudelin reported various ways of spoofing the SSL last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17619 published 2005-03-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17619 title GLSA-200503-30 : Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_THUNDERBIRD_102.NASL description The installed version of Thunderbird is affected by multiple vulnerabilities. A remote attacker could exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17605 published 2005-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17605 title Mozilla Thunderbird < 1.0.2 Browser GIF Processing Overflow NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2005-247.NASL description A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Thunderbird processes GIF images. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, which when viewed by a victim will execute arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0399 to this issue. A bug was found in the Thunderbird string handling functions. If a malicious website is able to exhaust a system last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 19633 published 2005-09-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19633 title Fedora Core 3 : thunderbird-1.0.2-1.3.1 (2005-247) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2005-249.NASL description A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Mozilla processes GIF images. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, which when viewed by a victim will execute arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0399 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Mozilla responds to proxy auth requests. It is possible for a malicious webserver to steal credentials from a victims browser by issuing a 407 proxy authentication request. (CVE-2005-0147) A bug was found in the way Mozilla displays dialog windows. It is possible that a malicious web page which is being displayed in a background tab could present the user with a dialog window appearing to come from the active page. (CVE-2004-1380) A bug was found in the way Mozilla Mail handles cookies when loading content over HTTP regardless of the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 19634 published 2005-09-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19634 title Fedora Core 3 : mozilla-1.7.6-1.3.2 (2005-249) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2005-336.NASL description Updated firefox packages that fix various bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Mozilla Firefox is an open source Web browser. A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Firefox processes GIF images. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, which when viewed by a victim will execute arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0399 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Firefox processes XUL content. If a malicious web page can trick a user into dragging an object, it is possible to load malicious XUL content. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0401 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Firefox bookmarks content to the sidebar. If a user can be tricked into bookmarking a malicious web page into the sidebar panel, that page could execute arbitrary programs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0402 to this issue. Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to this updated package which contains Firefox version 1.0.2 and is not vulnerable to these issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17627 published 2005-03-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17627 title RHEL 4 : firefox (RHSA-2005:336) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-200503-32.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-32 (Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities) The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Thunderbird: Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an exploitable heap overrun in the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape extension 2 (CAN-2005-0399) Daniel de Wildt and Gael Delalleau discovered a memory overwrite in a string library (CAN-2005-0255) Wind Li discovered a possible heap overflow in UTF8 to Unicode conversion (CAN-2005-0592) Phil Ringnalda reported a possible way to spoof Install source with user:pass@host (CAN-2005-0590) Impact : The GIF heap overflow could be triggered by a malicious GIF image that would end up executing arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Thunderbird. The other overflow issues, while not thought to be exploitable, would have the same impact. Furthermore, by setting up malicious websites and convincing users to follow untrusted links, attackers may leverage the spoofing issue to trick user into installing malicious extensions. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17632 published 2005-03-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17632 title GLSA-200503-32 : Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2005-337.NASL description Updated thunderbird packages that fix various bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Mozilla Thunderbird is a standalone mail and newsgroup client. A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Thunderbird processes GIF images. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, which when viewed by a victim will execute arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0399 to this issue. A bug was found in the Thunderbird string handling functions. If a malicious website is able to exhaust a system last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17628 published 2005-03-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17628 title RHEL 4 : thunderbird (RHSA-2005:337) NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-149-3.NASL description USN-149-1 fixed some vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog) version of Firefox. The version shipped with Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) is also vulnerable to these flaws, so it needs to be upgraded as well. Please see http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-149-1 for the original advisory. This update also fixes several older vulnerabilities; Some of them could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with full user privileges if the user visited a malicious website. (MFSA-2005-01 to MFSA-2005-44; please see the following website for details: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 20546 published 2006-01-15 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005-2018 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20546 title Ubuntu 4.10 : mozilla-firefox vulnerabilities (USN-149-3) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_176.NASL description The remote version of Mozilla contains multiple security issues that could allow an attacker to impersonate a website and to trick a user into accepting and executing arbitrary files or to cause a heap overflow in the FireFox process and execute arbitrary code on the remote host. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17604 published 2005-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17604 title Mozilla Browser < 1.7.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2005-248.NASL description A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Mozilla processes GIF images. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, which when viewed by a victim will execute arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0399 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Mozilla responds to proxy auth requests. It is possible for a malicious webserver to steal credentials from a victims browser by issuing a 407 proxy authentication request. (CVE-2005-0147) A bug was found in the way Mozilla displays dialog windows. It is possible that a malicious web page which is being displayed in a background tab could present the user with a dialog window appearing to come from the active page. (CVE-2004-1380) A bug was found in the way Mozilla Mail handles cookies when loading content over HTTP regardless of the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18320 published 2005-05-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18320 title Fedora Core 2 : mozilla-1.7.6-1.2.2 (2005-248) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2005-246.NASL description A buffer overflow bug was found in the way Firefox processes GIF images. It is possible for an attacker to create a specially crafted GIF image, which when viewed by a victim will execute arbitrary code as the victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0399 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Firefox processes XUL content. If a malicious web page can trick a user into dragging an object, it is possible to load malicious XUL content. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0401 to this issue. A bug was found in the way Firefox bookmarks content to the sidebar. If a user can be tricked into bookmarking a malicious web page into the sidebar panel, that page could execute arbitrary programs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0402 to this issue. Users of Firefox are advised to upgrade to this updated package which contains Firefox version 1.0.2 and is not vulnerable to these issues. Additionally, there was a bug found in the way Firefox rendered some fonts, notably the Tahoma font while italicized. This issue has been filed as Bug 150041 (bugzilla.redhat.com). This updated package contains a fix for this issue. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 19632 published 2005-09-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19632 title Fedora Core 3 : firefox-1.0.2-1.3.1 (2005-246) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRAKE_MDKSA-2005-088.NASL description A number of security vulnerabilities were fixed in the Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 and Mozilla Suite 1.7.8 releases. Patches have been backported where appropriate; Corporate 3.0 is receiving the new Mozilla Suite 1.7.8 release. The following issues have been fixed in both Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Suite : - A flaw in the JavaScript regular expression handling could lead to a disclosure of browser memory, potentially exposing private data from web pages viewed, passwords, or similar data sent to other web pages. It could also crash the browser itself (CVE-2005-0989, MFSA 2005-33) - With manual Plugin install, it was possible for the Plugin to execute JavaScript code with the installing user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 18277 published 2005-05-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/18277 title Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla (MDKSA-2005:088) NASL family Windows NASL id MOZILLA_FIREFOX_102.NASL description The remote version of Firefox contains various security issues that may allow an attacker to impersonate a website and to trick a user into accepting and executing arbitrary files or to cause a heap overflow in the FireFox process and execute arbitrary code on the remote host. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 17603 published 2005-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/17603 title Firefox < 1.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Oval
accepted 2007-05-09T16:10:37.801-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Robert L. Hollis organization ThreatGuard, Inc. name Matthew Wojcik organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation name Jonathan Baker organization The MITRE Corporation
description 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 size. family windows id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100028 status accepted submitted 2005-08-16T12:00:00.000-04:00 title Mozilla GIF Heap Overflow version 6 accepted 2013-04-29T04:13:37.578-04:00 class vulnerability contributors name Aharon Chernin organization SCAP.com, LLC name Dragos Prisaca organization G2, Inc.
definition_extensions comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782 comment CentOS Linux 3.x oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651 comment The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831 comment CentOS Linux 4.x oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636 comment Oracle Linux 4.x oval oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990
description 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 size. family unix id oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11377 status accepted submitted 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 title The TimeZone.getTimeZone method in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local files via vectors related to handling of zoneinfo (aka tz) files, aka Bug Id 6824265. version 26
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| bid | 12881 |
| description | Mozilla Firefox GIF processing buffer overflow |
| id | web_client_firefox |
| osvdb | 14937 |
| title | firefox_gif |
| type | client |
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14654
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-160.shtml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/557948
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-30.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-323.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-335.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-336.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-337.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12881
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0296
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/191
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=150877
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19269
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100028
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11377