CVE-2005-2265

security flaw

Published Jul 13, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 68.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-3 Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-155-1 Mozilla vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-157-1 Mozilla Thunderbird vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 10:22 PM
Reserved
Jul 13, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 13, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:14 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 12, 2005, 12:00 AM