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CVE-2005-2173

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2173 describes a vulnerability in Bugzilla versions 2.17.1 through 2.18.1 and 2.19.1 through 2.19.3, where insufficient validation in the Flag::validate and Flag::modify functions allows authenticated users to alter flags on arbitrary bugs and retrieve bug summaries. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.17.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.17.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.17.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.17.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.17.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
56.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0093 is in the 36th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
bugzilla.org / security/2.18.1
PatchVendor Advisory