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CVE-2006-2783 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html CVE
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376 CVEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382 CVEVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
<= 1.5.0.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla thunderbird
<= 1.5.0.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2783
NVD Published Date:
Jun 2, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2006-2783 Details - Not Deferred