CVE-2005-1155

N/A Unknown
Published: May 02, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

The favicon functionality in Firefox before 1.0.3 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a <LINK rel="icon"> tag with a javascript: URL in the href attribute, aka "Firelinking."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/14938
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14992
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
Source: secalert@redhat.com
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/14938
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/14992
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

30 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
35.6%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-94

Affected Vendors

mozilla

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