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."
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 7.5/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14938Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14992Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-18.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/973309Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mikx.de/firelinking/Exploit
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-37.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-383.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-386.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13216
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15495
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290036Patch
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100021
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10655
Timeline
- Published
- May 2, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified