CVE-2006-2332 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a web page with a large number of IMG elements in which the SRC attribute is a mailto URI. NOTE: another researcher found that the web page caused a temporary browser slowdown instead of a crash.

Published: 2006-05-12

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2333	Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a web page with a large number of IMG elements in which the SRC attribute is a mailto URI. NOTE: another researcher found that the web page caused a temporary browser slowdown instead of a crash.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00804.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/876
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433534/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433568/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433984/30/5010/threaded
http://www.securityview.org/confirmed-bug-in-firefox-1503.html

History

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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:43:29.283Z

Reserved: 2006-05-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2332

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-12T00:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2332

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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