CVE-2006-4253

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.

Category

7.6
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 35.91% Top 5%
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References

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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448956/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443500/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016847 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22391 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0676.html vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-59.html
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22055 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22195 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9528 vdb entry signature
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-352-1 vendor advisory
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http://secunia.com/advisories/21950 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-351-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22025 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22056 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:168 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443020/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22210 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24711 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xml vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm
http://www.pianetapc.it/view.php?id=770 url repurposed
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443528/100/0/threaded mailing list
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1016848 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3617 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21915 third party advisory vendor advisory
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0677.html vendor advisory
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http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742 vendor advisory
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.html vendor advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1 vendor advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449245/100/100/threaded mailing list
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-01.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22074 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 third party advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443306/100/100/threaded mailing list
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http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348514
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19534 vdb entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447840/100/200/threaded mailing list
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie3.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449726/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016846 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19488 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449487/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/22422 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:169 vendor advisory
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5VP0M0AJFW.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/21916 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4253?
CVE-2006-4253 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4253?
To fix CVE-2006-4253, 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-2006-4253 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-4253 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~36% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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