# CVE-2005-0989: 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 remot

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2005-04-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100025
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12988
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14820
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013635
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013643
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11706
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=288688
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-33.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14821
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25334

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