Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting mozilla package, versions [,1.0.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
51.75% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-MOZILLA-2378778
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed9 May 2005
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 May 2005

CVE-2005-1476  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade mozilla to version 1.0.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. 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.

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