7.5

CVE-2005-2261: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 13-07-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2261 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 3.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.59%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9
DSA-779-1DSA-779-2DSA-781-1DSA-810-1DTSA-14-1DTSA-8-2

Timeline

  1. 13-07-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Firefox before 1.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, Netscape 8.0.2, and K-Meleon 0.9 runs XBL scripts even when Javascript has been disabled, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass such protection.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.59%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.59% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.59%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mozilla3 products
  • firefox0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9:rc | 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
  • mozilla1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4:alpha | 1.4.1 | 1.5 | 1.5:alpha | 1.5:rc1 | 1.5:rc2 | 1.5.1 | 1.6 | 1.6:alpha | 1.6:beta | 1.7 | 1.7:alpha | 1.7:beta | 1.7:rc1 | 1.7:rc2 | 1.7:rc3 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.2 | 1.7.3 | 1.7.5 | 1.7.6 | 1.7.7 | 1.7.8
  • thunderbird0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4

1 vendor · 3 products

References

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