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CVE-2005-22653 exploits

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 violati…

Published 21 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
68.1%
percentile 99%
Public exploits
3
Metasploit · Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

68.10% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/browser/mozilla_compareto Mozilla Suite/Firefox compareTo() Code Execution · metasploit exploit, normal rank · 2005-07-13
  • EDB-9947 Mozilla Suite/Firefox < 1.0.5 - compareTo Code Execution (Metasploit) · remote · 2005-07-13
  • EDB-16306 Mozilla Suite/Firefox - InstallVersion->compareTo() Code Execution (Metasploit) · remote · 2010-09-20

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

  • debian.org /security/2005/dsa-810 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • ciac.org /ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml · third-party-advisory, government-resource, x_refsource_CIAC, x_transferred
  • mozilla.org /security/announce/mfsa2005-50.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.redhat.com /bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/19823 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/16059 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/16044 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2005/1075 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10397 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • networksecurity.fi /advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/14242 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=295854 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/16043 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • novell.com /linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A417 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A781 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred
  • oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100008 · vdb-entry, signature, x_refsource_OVAL, x_transferred

Sources

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