When was CVE-2005-0591 disclosed?

CVE-2005-0591 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 2, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-0591 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-0591 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 85.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-0591?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-0591, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-0591

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Firefox before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the (1) security and (2) download modal dialog boxes, which could be used to trick users into executing script or downloading and executing a file, aka "Firespoofing."

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 85.3%
KEV: Not listed

References (28)

secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547286002188&w=2
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/13786
secalert@redhathttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml
secalert@redhathttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml
secalert@redhathttp://www.mikx.de/firespoofing/
secalert@redhathttp://www.mikx.de/index.php?p=7
secalert@redhathttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-16.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12234
secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=260560
secalert@redhathttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18864
secalert@redhathttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100042
secalert@redhathttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10039
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110547286002188&w=2

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