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CVE-2005-2260

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2260 describes a user interface vulnerability in older versions of Firefox, Mozilla, and Netscape browsers. This flaw allowed remote attackers to bypass security by indistinguishably injecting synthetic events, enabling them to perform actions typically requiring user interaction. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it poses a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0326 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.0.6-1.4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2260Moderate

security flaw

Jul 12, 2005

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/16043
secunia.com / advisories/16044
secunia.com / advisories/16059
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100013
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10132
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1226
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A742
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-810
mozilla.org / security/announce/mfsa2005-45.html
PatchVendor Advisory
networksecurity.fi / advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html
securityfocus.com / bid/14242
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1075