CVE-2005-2871 | Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5 Host URL BuildNormalizedSpec memory corruption (VU#573857 / EDB-1224)
A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function nsStandardURL::BuildNormalizedSpec of the component Host URL Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption.
This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2871. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.