CVE-2005-2265

N/A Unknown
Published: July 13, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/16044
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-50.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295854
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100008
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10397
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A417
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A781
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/16044
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-50.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295854
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100008
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10397
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A417
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A781
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

44 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
82.0%
99th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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