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CVE-2005-2703

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2703 describes a vulnerability in Firefox versions prior to 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite prior to 1.7.12, where remote attackers could manipulate HTTP headers of XML HTTP requests. This flaw could enable attackers to exploit server or proxy vulnerabilities through HTTP request smuggling or splitting. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it indicates a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.0.7-1.4.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.0.7-1.4.1
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2703Important

security flaw

Sep 22, 2005

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
secunia.com / advisories/16911
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/16917
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/16977
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17014
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17026
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17042
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17090
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17149
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17263
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17284
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22376
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10767
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1089
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-838
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-866
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-868
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/mfsa2005-58.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_58_mozilla.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-legacy-announce/2006-January/msg00004.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-785.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-789.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-791.html
securityfocus.com / bid/14923
securityfocus.com / bid/15495
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-200-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1824