CVE-2005-2265

Mozilla Suite/Firefox compareTo() Code Execution

Severity Score

5.0

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.0

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-07-13 CVE Reserved
2005-07-13 CVE Published
2005-07-13 First Exploit
2024-06-19 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (27)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16044	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml	Government Resource
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100008	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10397	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A417	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A781	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16306	2010-09-20
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9947	2005-07-13
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295854	2024-08-07
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/mozilla_compareto.rb	2005-07-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-50.html	2005-07-13

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810	2017-10-11
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html	2017-10-11
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html	2017-10-11
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html	2017-10-11
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2265	2005-07-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617699	2005-07-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				0.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "0.8"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				0.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "0.9"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				0.9 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "0.9"		rc		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				0.9.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "0.9.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				0.9.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "0.9.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				0.9.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "0.9.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				0.10 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "0.10"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				0.10.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "0.10.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.0.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.0.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.0.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.4"		alpha		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.4.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.4.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.5"		alpha		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.5"		rc1		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.5"		rc2		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.5.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.5.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.6"		alpha		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.6"		beta		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7"		alpha		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7"		beta		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7"		rc1		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7"		rc2		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7"		rc3		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7.7 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7.7"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla"				1.7.8 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Mozilla" and version "1.7.8"		-		Affected