Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5633. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Seamonkey 1.1 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Firefox 1.5.0.7 and 2.0, and Seamonkey 1.1b, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a range object using createRange, calling selectNode on a DocType node (DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE), then calling createContextualFragment on the range, which triggers a null dereference. NOTE: the original Bugtraq post mentioned that code execution was possible, but followup analysis has shown that it is only a null dereference.

The weakness was published 10/31/2006 by Carlos Barros as Bug 213237 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5633 since 10/31/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29916), Exploit-DB (2695) and SecurityFocus (BID 20799†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

10/30/2006 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 213237
Researcher: Carlos Barros
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-5633 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5633
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33055
X-Force: 29916 - Mozilla Firefox createRange() denial of service
SecurityFocus: 20799 - Mozilla Firefox Range Script Object Denial of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 10:21 PM
Updated: 04/05/2025 10:13 PM
Changes: 03/12/2015 10:21 PM (58), 08/07/2018 09:27 AM (2), 04/05/2025 10:13 PM (17)
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