CVE-2005-2701

Publication date 23 September 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 7.04 feisty
Fixed 2.0.0.6+1-0ubuntu1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 2.0.0.6+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.13~prepatch070731-0ubuntu1
mozilla 7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.7.12-1.1ubuntu2
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.7.12-1.1ubuntu2
mozilla-thunderbird 7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.7.04
6.10 edgy
Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.10
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.06

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-200-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 11 October 2005

Other references