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FKIE_CVE-2005-1155

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-05-02 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:12
Severity
Summary
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
secalert@redhat.comftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/14938Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/14992Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mikx.de/firelinking/Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.49/SCOSA-2005.49.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/14938Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/14992Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mozilla firefox 0.8
mozilla firefox 0.9
mozilla firefox 0.9
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
mozilla mozilla 1.3
mozilla mozilla 1.4
mozilla mozilla 1.4
mozilla mozilla 1.4.1
mozilla mozilla 1.5
mozilla mozilla 1.5
mozilla mozilla 1.5
mozilla mozilla 1.5
mozilla mozilla 1.5.1
mozilla mozilla 1.6
mozilla mozilla 1.6
mozilla mozilla 1.6
mozilla mozilla 1.7
mozilla mozilla 1.7
mozilla mozilla 1.7
mozilla mozilla 1.7
mozilla mozilla 1.7
mozilla mozilla 1.7
mozilla mozilla 1.7.1
mozilla mozilla 1.7.2
mozilla mozilla 1.7.3
mozilla mozilla 1.7.5
mozilla mozilla 1.7.6
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      "value": "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 \u003cLINK rel=\"icon\"\u003e tag with a javascript: URL in the href attribute, aka \"Firelinking.\""
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:12:32.937",
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}



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