CVE-2005-2262

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4, and Netscape 8.0.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into using the "Set As Wallpaper" (in Firefox) or "Set as Background" (in Netscape) context menu on an image URL that is really a javascript: URL with an eval statement, aka "Firewalling."

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 1.0.3, 1.0.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16043
http://secunia.com/advisories/16044
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-252.shtml
http://www.mikx.de/firewalling/
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-47.html
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-multiple-issues.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_45_mozilla.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-586.html
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5ZP0E0UGAK.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14242
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1075

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