CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-2779

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before version 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through multiple vectors, such as nested <option> tags in a select tag, a DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, content-implemented tree views, BoxObjects, the XBL implementation, and an iframe attempting to remove itself, leading to memory corruption.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes potential system compromise and data leakage if an attacker successfully exploits the vulnerability to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird to version 1.5.0.4 or later, which addresses this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) nested <option> tags in a select tag, (2) a DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, (3) "Content-implemented tree views," (4) BoxObjects, (5) the XBL implementation, (6) an iframe that attempts to remove itself, which leads to memory corruption.

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