CVE-2005-4134: Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Netscape 8.0.4 and 7.2, and K-Meleon before 0.9.12 allows remote attackers to cause a...

Security readout for executives and security teams

A malicious page could make certain obsolete browsers start very slowly or consume excessive CPU on later launches by abusing how page titles were stored in browsing history. Sources describe denial of service, not data theft or code execution. Mozilla disputed early claims that Firefox could crash or suffer buffer overflow. Exposure is mainly legacy endpoints still running the named 2005-era browsers or unmaintained embedded distributions that bundled them. Modern browsers are not identified as affected in the provided sources. Treat this as low priority unless the organization still operates legacy browsers or appliances. It affects productivity and availability, not confirmed compromise, but unsupported browsers create broader security risk beyond this CVE. Mitigation focus: Retire or isolate systems running the named legacy browsers.; Upgrade K-Meleon to 0.9.12 or later where applicable.; Check Mozilla, Netscape, and distribution advisories for exact patched packages..

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Jun 29, 2026, 16:03 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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