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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-4253 Detail

Current 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc CVE, MITRE
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie.html CVE, MITRE
http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie3.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21513 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21906 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21915 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21916 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21939 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21940 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21949 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/21950 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22001 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22025 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22055 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22056 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22074 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22088 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22195 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22210 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22274 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22391 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22422 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24711 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xml CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-01.xml CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xml CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016846 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016847 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016848 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:168 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:169 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-59.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.pianetapc.it/view.php?id=770 CVE, MITRE URL Repurposed 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0676.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0677.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5VP0M0AJFW.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443020/100/100/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443306/100/100/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443500/100/100/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443528/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447837/100/200/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447840/100/200/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448956/100/100/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448984/100/100/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449245/100/100/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449487/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449726/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19488 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19534 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-351-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-352-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3617 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1198 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 CVE, MITRE
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348514 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9528 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-4253
NVD Published Date:
08/21/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE