Every CVE Search/ Get API key

CVE-2005-2265

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to...

5.0 MediumPublic exploit

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.

Exploit likelihood

68.1%Down 9.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.

Record
CVE-2005-2265
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.

Record
CVE-2005-2265
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2005-2266 No score

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.

Record
EUVD-2005-2266
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5pgg-4c5c-9j5p No score

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to...

Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.

Record
GHSA-5pgg-4c5c-9j5p
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mozilla-firefox
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 1.0.4-2sarge2, plus listed versions
1.0.4-21.0.4-2sarge1
1.0.4-2sarge2
mozilla-firefox
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 1.0.4-2sarge3, plus listed versions
1.0.4-21.0.4-2sarge11.0.4-2sarge2
1.0.4-2sarge3
mozilla-thunderbird
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.6, plus listed versions
1.0.2-2
1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.6
mozilla
Debian:3.1
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 2:1.7.8-1sarge2, plus listed versions
2:1.7.8-12:1.7.8-1sarge1
2:1.7.8-1sarge2
mozilla
Debian:4.0
From an advisory covering 10 CVEs
 before 2:1.7.8-1sarge2, plus listed versions
19981008-0.12:1.0.0-0.woody.12:1.7.5-12:1.7.6-12:1.7.7-12:1.7.7-22:1.7.8-12:1.7.8-1sarge1
2:1.7.8-1sarge2
mozilla-firefox
Debian:4.0
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 1.0.4-2sarge3, plus listed versions
0.10.1+1.0PR-21.0+dfsg.1-61.0.1-11.0.1-21.0.1-3
Show 9 moreShow less
1.0.2-11.0.2-21.0.2-31.0.3-11.0.3-21.0.4-11.0.4-21.0.4-2sarge11.0.4-2sarge2
1.0.4-2sarge3
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
Show 24 moreShow less
Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
firefox-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 13 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
devhelp-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 11 CVEs
 before 0:0.9.2-2.4.6
0:0.9.2-2.4.6
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1
thunderbird-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws
From an advisory covering 9 CVEs
 before 0:1.0.6-1.4.1
0:1.0.6-1.4.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBMozilla Suite/Firefox < 1.0.5 - compareTo Code Execution (Metasploit)2005-07-13
MetasploitMozilla Suite/Firefox compareTo() Code Execution2005-07-13
Exploit-DBMozilla Suite/Firefox - InstallVersion->compareTo() Code Execution (Metasploit)2010-09-20

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, exploits, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2005-2265 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published July 13, 2005. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 68.1%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

Show 95 moreShow less
Pages All vulnerabilities Browse Docs Sources Guide Get API key
MoveEnter Open