CVE-2004-1639

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Published Feb 20, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 0.10, Mozilla 5.0, and Gecko 20040913 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or memory consumption) via a large binary file with a .html extension.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:gecko:2004-09-13:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:5.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1633	Mozilla Firefox before 0.10, Mozilla 5.0, and Gecko 20040913 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or memory consumption) via a large binary file with a .html extension.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.735% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q4/0017.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109886388528179&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17839

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox Gecko Mozilla

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:00 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 20, 2005, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:00 AM
Reserved: Feb 20, 2005, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 26, 2004, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

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