CVE-2005-2114

Public Exploit

Description

Mozilla 1.7.8, Firefox 1.0.4, Camino 0.8.4, Netscape 8.0.2, and K-Meleon 0.9, and possibly other products that use the Gecko engine, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript that repeatedly calls an empty function.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.32% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory kurczaba.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014292	vdb entry
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5OP0U00G1G.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014293	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014294	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014372	vdb entry
http://www.kurczaba.com/html/security/0506241.htm	exploit vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112008299210033&w=2	mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014349	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html	vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21188	vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9628	vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2114?: CVE-2005-2114 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2114?: To fix CVE-2005-2114, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-2114 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2114 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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