CVE-2004-0903 is a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox (before Preview Release), Mozilla (before 1.7.3), and Thunderbird (before 0.8), specifically within the writeGroup function in nsVCardObj.cpp. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending malformed VCard attachments that are not properly handled during message preview. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV listed as No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB are none), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with over 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.