7.5

CVE-2005-2270: mozilla firefox

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

CVE-2005-2270 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 5.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 4 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
5.96%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits4reference

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 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 does not properly clone base objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by navigating the prototype chain to reach a privileged object.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.96%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.96% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
5.96%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

4 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

    Maturity: unknown

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  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (bugzilla.mozilla.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mozilla2 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

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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