Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting mozilla package, versions [,1.0.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.75% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378237
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Sept 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Sep 2005

CVE-2005-2703  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 1.0.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). 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.

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