CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0749

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in nsHTMLContentSink.cpp in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving a 'particular sequence of HTML tags' leading to memory corruption.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes the possibility of remote code execution by an attacker, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage, as well as service disruption due to browser crashes.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite, and SeaMonkey browsers to versions outside the affected ranges (Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5 or later, Mozilla Suite 1.7.13 or later, SeaMonkey 1.0 or later).

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

nsHTMLContentSink.cpp in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving a "particular sequence of HTML tags" that leads to memory corruption.

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