CVE-2006-2779

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.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 23.29% Top 5%
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/27216 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1160 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-32.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145 vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/466673 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/ vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26843 vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9762 vdb entry signature
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html us government resource third party advisory patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214 vdb entry patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21654 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21634 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202 vdb entry patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/21607 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3488 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/ vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118 vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200387-1 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134 vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102943-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1159 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2779?
CVE-2006-2779 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2779?
To fix CVE-2006-2779, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2779 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2779 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~23% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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