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CVE-2006-4253 Details

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.

Metrics

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)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc CVE
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie3.html CVE
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie.html CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348514 CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21513 CVEVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
k-meleon project k-meleon
1.0.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:k-meleon_project:k-meleon:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox
0.8
0.9
0.9 rc
0.9.1
0.9.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
netscape navigator
8.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4253
NVD Published Date:
Aug 21, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2006-4253 Details - Not Deferred