CVE-2005-2414 describes a race condition within the xpcom library, impacting web browsers like Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, and Galeon. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) by presenting a large HTML file containing nested DIV tags that load DOM calls, leading to the deletion of rendered page elements and associated objects. With a CVSS score of 2.6 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is considered low severity, requiring high attack complexity to achieve a partial availability impact. While an ExploitDB entry exists (EDB-43831), there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xpcom:xpcom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.