CVE-2005-2265

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 82.04% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml	third party advisory government resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-50.html	patch vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16044	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10397	vdb entry signature
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242	vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295854	exploit vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A417	vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A781	vdb entry signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100008	vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2265?: CVE-2005-2265 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2265?: To fix CVE-2005-2265, 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-2005-2265 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2265 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~82% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.