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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-2267 json

Firefox before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to steal information and possibly execute arbitrary code by using standalone applications such…

published 2005-07-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2268

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Firefox before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to steal information and possibly execute arbitrary code by using standalone applications such as Flash and QuickTime to open a javascript: URL, which is run in the context of the previous page, and may lead to code execution if the standalone application loads a privileged chrome: URL.

Patch / fix

  • devhelp RHEL 4 0.9.2-2.4.6
  • firefox RHEL 4 1.0.6-1.4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:587RHSA-2005:586

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-2267 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 devhelp 0.9.2-2.4.6, firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 devhelp 0.9.2-2.4.6, firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 devhelp 0.9.2-2.4.6, firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 devhelp 0.9.2-2.4.6, firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:587

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Exploit prediction

4.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.