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medium 5.1

CVE-2005-2262 json

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…

published 2005-07-13 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-2263

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

  • firefox RHEL 4 1.0.6-1.4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-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-2005-2262 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 firefox 1.0.6-1.4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:586

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1102)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1102 Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 - 'Set As Wallpaper' Code Execution remote, 2005-07-13

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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