VDB-29243 · CVE-2006-1273 · OSVDB 31833

Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7/1.5.0.1 denial of service ⚔ [Disputed]

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7/1.5.0.1. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-1273. There is no available exploit. There are still doubts about whether this vulnerability truly exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7/1.5.0.1 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

** DISPUTED ** Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and 1.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTML tag with a large number of script action handlers such as onload and onmouseover, which triggers the crash when the user views the page source. NOTE: Red Hat has disputed this issue, suggesting that "It is likely the reporter was running the IE Tab extension," and Mozilla also confirmed that this is not an issue in Firefox itself.

The weakness was presented 01/04/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1273 since 03/19/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

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 vulnerability database at OSVDB (31833†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

03/19/2006 🔍
03/19/2006 +0 days 🔍
01/04/2007 +291 days 🔍
01/04/2007 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2988 days 🔍
08/07/2024 +3436 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2006-1273 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1273
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29243
OSVDB: 31833 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Script Action Handler Overflow

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/07/2024 20:04
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (50), 08/14/2018 08:19 (1), 08/07/2024 20:04 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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