CVE-2005-1155: mozilla firefox Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-1155 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Code Injection vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 8.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 18-04-2005
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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."

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.