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CVE-2005-1155
The favicon functionality in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 8.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The favicon functionality in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a <LINK rel="icon"> tag with a javascript: URL in the href attribute, aka "Firelinking."
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.3% · top 5.0% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10655 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:386 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 14992 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100021 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#973309 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- GLSA-200504-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 14938 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:384 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 13216 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:383 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-1158 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2005-1155)Record last updated .