CVE-2006-2779

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedJun 2, 2006
First seenJun 2, 2006

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefox0.8, 0.9, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3, 0.10, 0.10.1, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.5, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, preview_release—
mozilla thunderbird0.6, 0.7, 0.7.1, 0.7.2, 0.7.3, 0.8, 0.9, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.8, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2—

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