CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-1159

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The native implementations of InstallTrigger and other functions in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 do not properly verify the types of objects being accessed, which causes the Javascript interpreter to continue execution at the wrong memory address, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by passing objects of the wrong type.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes the possibility of remote arbitrary code execution by an attacker, which could lead to system compromise, data theft, or service disruption.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately upgrade Firefox to version 1.0.3 or later and Mozilla Suite to version 1.7.7 or later to eliminate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The native implementations of InstallTrigger and other functions in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 do not properly verify the types of objects being accessed, which causes the Javascript interpreter to continue execution at the wrong memory address, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by passing objects of the wrong type.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS