CVE-2005-0989 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2005-0989?

CVE-2005-0989 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 6 Apr 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

The find_replen function in jsstr.c in the Javascript engine for Mozilla Suite 1.7.6, Firefox 1.0.1 and 1.0.2, and Netscape 7.2 allows remote attackers to read portions of heap memory in a Javascript string via the lambda replace method.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0989?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Mozilla, Netscape Navigator.

How do I fix CVE-2005-0989?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2005-0989 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-0989 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-fm33-hrc3-jr7v.