CVE-2006-2783

Description

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from a UTF-8 page before the page is passed to the parser, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a BOM sequence in the middle of a dangerous tag such as SCRIPT.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.10% Top 15%
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html vendor advisory
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 vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376 third party advisory 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://securitytracker.com/id?1016202 vdb entry
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://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
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379 third party 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://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26852 vdb entry
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134 vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10772 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/references vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
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://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-42.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31074 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2783?
CVE-2006-2783 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2783?
To fix CVE-2006-2783, 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-2006-2783 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2783 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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