Bugzilla 2.17.x, 2.18 before 2.18.2, 2.19.x, and 2.20 before 2.20rc1 inserts a bug into the database before it is marked private, which introduces a race condition and allows attackers to access information about the bug via buglist.cgi before MySQL replication is complete.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2174 is rated Low Risk (29.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.85%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.40% | 0.85% | +0.46% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.59% | 0.40% | -0.19% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.59% | — |
Full EPSS history (6 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 2.0 | LOW |
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4.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2005-2174 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (bugzilla), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2174 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.17.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.17.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.17.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.17.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.17.6 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.17.7 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.17.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.18 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.18 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.18 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.18 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.18.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.19 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.19.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.19.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | bugzilla | 2.19.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:bugzilla:2.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014428 | |
| http://www.bugzilla.org/security/2.18.1/ | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=293159 | Patch |