Description
Firefox before 1.0.5 and Mozilla before 1.7.9 does not properly clone base objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by navigating the prototype chain to reach a privileged object.
Published: 2005-07-13
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 30.6% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-149-3 Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-155-1 Mozilla vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-157-1 Mozilla Thunderbird vulnerabilities
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/16043 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014470 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/652366 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-56.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294795 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294799 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295011 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296397 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2270 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100003 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11751 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A550 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A817 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2270 cve-icon
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Mozilla Firefox Mozilla
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:22:48.688Z

Reserved: 2005-07-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2270

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-07-13T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-2270

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2005-07-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-2270 - Bugzilla

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