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TI-2005-02285 Aliases CVE-2005-2414GHSA-m62j-mxmv-r8w5

Race condition in the xpcom library, as used by web browsers such as Firefox, Mozilla…

Priority LOW 19Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03394 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:xpcom:xpcom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableXpcom
  • cpe:2.3:a:xpcom:xpcom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Xpcom

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-2414
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m62j-mxmv-r8w5

References

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