CVE-2005-2262: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-2262 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 6.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4Timeline
- 13-07-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4, and Netscape 8.0.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into using the "Set As Wallpaper" (in Firefox) or "Set as Background" (in Netscape) context menu on an image URL that is really a javascript: URL with an eval statement, aka "Firewalling."
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
6.55%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 6.55% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundMozilla Firefox 1.0.4 - 'Set As Wallpaper' Code Execution
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Mozilla1 product
- firefox1.0.3 | 1.0.4
1 vendor · 1 product
References
14 links- www.mikx.de/firewalling/X Refsource MISC
- www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5ZP0E0UGAK.htmlX Refsource MISC
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11097VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-47.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.htmlX Refsource MISC
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100011VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL