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CVE-2005-4134

5.0 · MEDIUM

Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8.0.4 and 7.2, and K-Meleon before 0.9.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and delayed application startup) via a web site with a…

Published Dec 9, 2005k-meleon_projectEPSS 12.59%

Overview

CVE-2005-4134 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting k-meleon_project k-meleon. It was published on December 9, 2005 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8.0.4 and 7.2, and K-Meleon before 0.9.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and delayed application startup) via a web site with a large title, which is recorded in history.dat but not processed efficiently during startup. NOTE: despite initial reports, the Mozilla vendor does not believe that this issue can be used to trigger a crash or buffer overflow in Firefox. Also, it has been independently reported that Netscape 8.1 does not have this issue.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from k-meleon_project. Update k-meleon to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
k-meleon_projectk-meleon0Affected
mozillafirefox0Affected
mozillamozilla_suite0Affected
netscapenavigator0Affected

References

Refftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txtRefftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-URefmarc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113404911919629&w=2Refmarc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=113405896025702&w=2Refsecunia.com/advisories/17934Refsecunia.com/advisories/17944Refsecunia.com/advisories/17946Refsecunia.com/advisories/18700Refsecunia.com/advisories/18704Refsecunia.com/advisories/18705

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-4134?

CVE-2005-4134 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting k-meleon_project k-meleon. It was published on December 9, 2005 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2005-4134?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0, rated MEDIUM. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2005-4134?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from k-meleon_project. Update k-meleon to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2005-4134?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2005-4134 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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