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CVE-2005-2270 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/16043 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/16059 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014470 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-810 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/652366 CVE, Inc., Red Hat US Government Resource 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-56.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-587.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-601.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294795 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294799 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=295011 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=296397 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160202 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100003 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11751 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A550 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A817 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2270
NVD Published Date:
07/13/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.