# CVE-2005-1159: The native implementations of InstallTrigger and other functions in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 do not properly veri

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2005-04-18 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The native implementations of InstallTrigger and other functions in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 do not properly verify the types of objects being accessed, which causes the Javascript interpreter to continue execution at the wrong memory address, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by passing objects of the wrong type.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20123
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290162
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013742
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-40.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13232
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013743
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100018
- 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://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10629

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