CVE-2005-1155

Firefox - Remote Code Execution via Favicon JavaScript URL

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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."

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/14992
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_sco
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xml
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/14938
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0828
EPSS Percentile 94.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-94
Status published
Products (22)
mozilla/firefox 0.8
mozilla/firefox 0.9 (2 CPE variants)
mozilla/firefox 0.9.1
mozilla/firefox 0.9.2
mozilla/firefox 0.9.3
mozilla/firefox 0.10
mozilla/firefox 0.10.1
mozilla/firefox 1.0
mozilla/firefox 1.0.1
mozilla/firefox 1.0.2
... and 12 more
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026