security flaw
Published Jul 13, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 68.10%
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.
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
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 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
- 1.7.7
- 1.7.8
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.6
Fixed · RHSA-2005:587
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.0.6-1.4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:586
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.0.6-1.4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:601
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.6 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:587 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.0.6-1.4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:586 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.0.6-1.4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:601 |
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:N/I:N/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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 68.10% (0.68097) | 99.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 68.10% (0.68097) | 99.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 82.04% (0.82043) | 99.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 84.00% (0.84002) | 99.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 82.04% (0.82043) | 99.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 95.11% (0.95113) | 99.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 19, 2024 | 96.72% (0.96724) | 99.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 19, 2023 | 96.67% (0.96673) | 99.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.76% (0.96758) | 99.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 77.09% (0.77092) | 99.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 77.09% (0.77092) | 99.29th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (26)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16043 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16044 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16059 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-50.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2265 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295854 x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617699 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2265
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100008 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10397 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A417 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A781 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2265
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.