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CVE-2005-2701: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 23-09-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2701 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 6.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.86%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5
DSA-838-1DSA-866-1DSA-868-1RHSA-2005:785RHSA-2005:789

Timeline

  1. 23-09-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XBM image file that ends in a large number of spaces instead of the expected end tag.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.86% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
6.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mozilla2 products
  • firefox≤ 1.0.6 | 1.0 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5
  • mozilla_suite≤ 1.7.11 | 1.7.6 | 1.7.7 | 1.7.8 | 1.7.10

1 vendor · 2 products

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