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CVE-2005-2414
Race condition in the xpcom library, as used by web browsers such as Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, and Galeon, allows remote attackers to…
Low2.6EPSS 3.4%
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- mitre
Description
Race condition in the xpcom library, as used by web browsers such as Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, and Galeon, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large HTML file that loads a DOM call from within nested DIV tags, which causes part of the currently rendering page and referenced objects to be deleted.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20050721 Mozilla XPCOM Library Race Condition (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1014548 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00091-07212005 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1014550 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- mozilla-xpcom-race-condition(21472) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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