security flaw
Published Apr 18, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.28%
Description
The favicon functionality in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a <LINK rel="icon"> tag with a javascript: URL in the href attribute, aka "Firelinking."
Affected products
No data.
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.4
Fixed · RHSA-2005:386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.0.3-1.4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:383
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.4 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.0.3-1.4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:383 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.28% (0.08283) | 94.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.28% (0.08283) | 94.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 23, 2025 | 35.56% (0.35557) | 96.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 29.69% (0.29686) | 96.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 41.77% (0.41771) | 96.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 29.69% (0.29686) | 96.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 53.12% (0.53118) | 97.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 89.66% (0.89660) | 98.87th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 25, 2024 | 92.33% (0.92326) | 98.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 8, 2023 | 95.32% (0.95321) | 99.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.78% (0.95775) | 99.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 95.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 94.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 89.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/ x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-1155 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617607 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1155
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-1155
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.