CVE-2005-2265

NameCVE-2005-2265
DescriptionFirefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (access violation and crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, by calling InstallVersion.compareTo with an object instead of a string.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-779-1, DSA-779-2, DSA-781-1, DSA-810-1, DTSA-14-1, DTSA-8-2
Debian Bugs318062, 318728

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mozillasourcesarge2:1.7.8-1sarge2mediumDSA-810-1
mozillasourceetch2:1.7.8-1sarge2DTSA-14-1
mozillasource(unstable)2:1.7.9-1medium318062
mozilla-firefoxsourcesarge1.0.4-2sarge3mediumDSA-779-2
mozilla-firefoxsourceetch1.0.4-2sarge3mediumDTSA-8-2
mozilla-firefoxsource(unstable)1.0.5-1high
mozilla-thunderbirdsourcesarge1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.6mediumDSA-781-1
mozilla-thunderbirdsource(unstable)1.0.6-1medium318728

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