VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-1155

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability8.28%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-05-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Primary references