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CVE-2005-2264

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2264 describes a vulnerability in Firefox versions prior to 1.0.5, allowing remote attackers to steal sensitive information. This is achieved by tricking a user into opening a malicious link in the Firefox sidebar using the "_search" target, subsequently injecting script into other pages via a data: URL. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no authentication, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old 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
3.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0319 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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 (2)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2264Important

security flaw

Jul 12, 2005

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/16043
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100009
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9887
ciac.org / ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
mozilla.org / security/announce/mfsa2005-49.html
PatchVendor Advisory
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
securityfocus.com / bid/14242
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1075