CVE-2005-0593: Mozilla Firefox

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Firefox before 1.0.1 and Mozilla before 1.7.6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SSL "secure site" lock icon via (1) a web site that does not finish loading, which shows the lock of the previous site, (2) a non-HTTP server that uses SSL, which causes the lock to be displayed when the SSL handshake is completed, or (3) a URL that generates an HTTP 204 error, which updates the icon and location information but does not change the display of the original site.

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox: version 0.8 only; version 0.9 only; version 0.9.1 only; version 0.9.2 only; version 0.9.3 only; version 0.10 only; …
  • Mozilla Mozilla: version 1.3 only; version 1.4 only; version 1.4.1 only; version 1.5 only; version 1.5.1 only; version 1.6 only; …

Published 2005-03-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.