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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.82043.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a n/a affected
Version Status Constraints
n/a affected —

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.0.6-1.4.1 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4 RHSA-2005:586 2005-07-21T00:00:00Z
devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4 RHSA-2005:587 2005-07-22T00:00:00Z
thunderbird-0:1.0.6-1.4.1 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4 RHSA-2005:601 2005-07-21T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-3 Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-155-1 Mozilla vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-157-1 Mozilla Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/16044 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-50.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295854 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2265 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100008 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10397 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A417 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A781 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2265 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:22:49.011Z

Reserved: 2005-07-13T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2265

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-07-13T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2265

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-07-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2265 - Bugzilla

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