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title: "CVE-2005-2262\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-2262

Publication date 13 July 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4, and Netscape 8.0.2, allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code by tricking the user into using the "Set As
Wallpaper" (in Firefox) or "Set as Background" (in Netscape) context menu
on an image URL that is really a javascript: URL with an eval statement,
aka "Firewalling."

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2262)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2262)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-2262)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2262)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-149-3](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-149-3)
+ Ubuntu 4.10 update for Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 28 July 2005

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2262>