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CVE-2004-0902· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allow r

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the "Send page" functionality, (2) certain responses from a malicious POP3 server, or (3) a link containing a non-ASCII hostname.

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Jan 27, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
10.1% · 96th percentile
CWE
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Action score

43

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
3 / 30 · 10.1%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
mozillamozilla
mozillathunderbird
conectivalinux
redhatenterprise linux
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatfedora core
redhatlinux
redhatlinux advanced workstation
susesuse linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • conectiva linux10.0
  • conectiva linux9.0
  • mozilla mozilla1.7
  • mozilla mozilla1.7.1
  • mozilla mozilla1.7.2
  • mozilla thunderbird0.7
  • mozilla thunderbird0.7.1
  • mozilla thunderbird0.7.2
  • mozilla thunderbird0.7.3
  • redhat enterprise linux2.1
  • redhat enterprise linux3.0
  • redhat enterprise linux desktop3.0
  • redhat fedora corecore_1.0
  • redhat linux7.3
  • redhat linux9.0
  • redhat linux advanced workstation2.1
  • suse suse linux1.0
  • suse suse linux8
  • suse suse linux8.1
  • suse suse linux8.2

Same product

mozilla: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2004-0722Integer overflow in the SOAPParameter object constructor in (1) Netscape version 7.0 and 7.1 and (2) Mozilla 1.6, and possibly earlier versi
    44Plan
  • CVE-2004-0903Stack-based buffer overflow in the writeGroup function in nsVCardObj.cpp for Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.
    43Plan
  • CVE-2007-4039Argument injection vulnerability involving Mozilla, when certain URIs are registered, allows remote attackers to conduct cross-browser scrip
    40Plan
  • CVE-2003-0791The Script.prototype.freeze/thaw functionality in Mozilla 1.4 and earlier allows attackers to execute native methods by modifying the string
    40Plan
  • CVE-2005-3896Mozilla allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a Javascript BODY onload event that calls the window func
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2004-0718The (1) Mozilla 1.6, (2) Firebird 0.7, (3) Firefox 0.8, and (4) Netscape 7.1 web browsers do not properly prevent a frame in one domain from
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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