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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-0902 · published 27 January 2005

CVE-2004-0902: Mozilla vulnerability

Mozilla · Mozilla

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the "Send page" functionality, (2) certain responses from a malicious POP3 server, or (3) a link containing a non-ASCII hostname.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 10% · top 4.5%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
9Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the "Send page" functionality, (2) certain responses from a malicious POP3 server, or (3) a link containing a non-ASCII hostname.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

9 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=226669
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245066
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256316
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258005
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109698896104418&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-261A.html PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17378
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17379
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11201
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=226669
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245066
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=256316
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=258005
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109698896104418&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109900315219363&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200409-26.xml
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/known-vulnerabilities.html#mozilla1.7.3
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_36_mozilla.html
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA04-261A.html PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17378
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17379
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11201

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-0902), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.