CVE-2004-0902

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.

Published: 2005-01-27 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-0902 is rated High Risk (78.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 32.81%, 97th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.91% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0902

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-30 27.90% 32.81% +4.91%
2 2025-12-01 18.82% 27.90% +9.07%
3 2025-03-30 — 18.82% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0902

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0902

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0902

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2004-0902: 1 GLSA(s) (200409-26), 7 atom(s) (mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin, …); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2004-0902
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0902

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0902

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla mozilla 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 0.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
conectiva linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:conectiva:linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation_ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation_server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fedora_core core_1.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:i686:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux_advanced_workstation 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium_processor:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:1.0:*:desktop:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.0:*:x86_64:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux 9.1 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0902

URL Tags
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 Patch Third Party Advisory US 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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