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CVE-2005-2701

Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote...

7.5 High

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.

Exploit likelihood

6.86%Down 5.4 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

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.

Record
CVE-2005-2701
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2005-2701
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-2702 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2005-2702
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m54c-37c8-7cfp No score

Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote...

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.

Record
GHSA-m54c-37c8-7cfp
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mozilla-firefox
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 7 CVEs
 before 1.0.4-2sarge5, plus listed versions
1.0.4-21.0.4-2sarge11.0.4-2sarge21.0.4-2sarge31.0.4-2sarge4
1.0.4-2sarge5
mozilla
Debian:3.0
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 All versions, plus listed versions
2:1.0.0-0.woody.12:1.7.10-12:1.7.11-12:1.7.12-12:1.7.12-1.1
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2:1.7.12-1.22:1.7.13-0.12:1.7.13-0.22:1.7.13-0.32:1.7.5-12:1.7.6-12:1.7.7-12:1.7.7-22:1.7.8-12:1.7.8-1sarge12:1.7.8-1sarge102:1.7.8-1sarge22:1.7.8-1sarge32:1.7.8-1sarge52:1.7.8-1sarge62:1.7.8-1sarge72:1.7.8-1sarge7.12:1.7.8-1sarge7.2.12:1.7.8-1sarge7.2.22:1.7.8-1sarge7.3.12:1.7.8-1sarge82:1.7.8-1sarge9
 None known
mozilla
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 1:1.7.8-1sarge3
1:1.7.8-1sarge3
mozilla-thunderbird
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.7, plus listed versions
1.0.2-21.0.2-2.sarge1.0.6
1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.7
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.7-1.4.1
0:1.0.7-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.7-1.4.1
0:1.0.7-1.4.1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.7-1.4.1
0:1.0.7-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.7-1.4.1
0:1.0.7-1.4.1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.7-1.4.1
0:1.0.7-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.7-1.4.1
0:1.0.7-1.4.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.7-1.4.1
0:1.0.7-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.7-1.4.1
0:1.0.7-1.4.1
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.7
0:0.9.2-2.4.7

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2005-2701 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mozilla Firefox, published September 23, 2005. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 6.86%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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