CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0294

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey allows remote code execution by changing an element's style from position:relative to position:static, causing Gecko to operate on freed memory.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary code on the victim's system, leading to full compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Recommendation

Immediately update Mozilla Firefox to version 1.5.0.1 or later, Thunderbird to version 1.5 with JavaScript disabled in mail, and SeaMonkey to version 1.0 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.1, Thunderbird 1.5 if running Javascript in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing an element's style from position:relative to position:static, which causes Gecko to operate on freed memory.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS