CVE-2005-2270 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2005-2270?

CVE-2005-2270 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 13 Jul 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2270?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Mozilla.

How do I fix CVE-2005-2270?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2005-2270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jgwp-9p3p-4h7j.