Unscored severity · published Aug 21, 2006
CVE-2006-4253
Concurrency vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple…
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CVSS
15.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Concurrency vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple Javascript timed events that load a deeply nested XML file, followed by redirecting the browser to another page, which leads to a concurrency failure that causes structures to be freed incorrectly, as demonstrated by (1) ffoxdie and (2) ffoxdie3. NOTE: it has been reported that Netscape 8.1 and K-Meleon 1.0.1 are also affected by ffoxdie. Mozilla confirmed to CVE that ffoxdie and ffoxdie3 trigger the same underlying vulnerability. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 2.0 RC2 and 1.5.0.7 are also affected.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)15.2% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
0.8; 0.9; 0.9; 0.9.1; 0.9.2; 0.9.3; +20 more · source: NVD
KM
K-meleon · K-meleon Project
1.0.1 · source: NVD
NA
Navigator · Netscape
8.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4253
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4253
lcamtuf.coredump.cx
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie.html
lcamtuf.coredump.cx
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie3.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21513
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21906
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21915
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