CVE-2004-1639 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the browser or exhaust memory by tricking users into opening a large binary file with an HTML extension.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2004-1639?
CVE-2004-1639 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Feb 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-1639?
How do I fix CVE-2004-1639?
No fix has been published for CVE-2004-1639 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-1639 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-1639 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9x27-fwpx-qjx8.