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CVE-2005-2705

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2705 describes an integer overflow vulnerability within the JavaScript engine of Firefox versions prior to 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12. This flaw could enable remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability remains a theoretical risk for unpatched systems.

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

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
3.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0362 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 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)

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
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2705Critical

security flaw

Sep 22, 2005

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/16911
secunia.com / advisories/16917
secunia.com / advisories/16977
secunia.com / advisories/17014
secunia.com / advisories/17026
secunia.com / advisories/17042
secunia.com / advisories/17090
secunia.com / advisories/17149
secunia.com / advisories/17263
secunia.com / advisories/17284
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22377
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10367
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1307
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/14917
securityfocus.com / bid/15495
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-200-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/1824