Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 20, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-1942
CVE-2006-1942
Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 and possibly other versions before 1.5.0.4, Netscape 8.1, 8.0.4, and 7.2, and K-Meleon 0.9.13 allows user-assisted remote attackers to open local files via a web page with an IMG element containing a SRC attribute with a non-image file:// URL, then tricking the user into selecting View Image for the broken image, as demonstrated using a .wma file to launch Windows Media Player, or by referencing an "alternate web page."
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Affected products
8cpe:2.3:a:k-meleon_project:k-meleon:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:k-meleon_project:k-meleon:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 0.9.13
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: >=1.5.0.2 <1.5.0.4
Patches
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References
28- www.gavinsharp.com/tmp/ImageVuln.htmlnvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/19698nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19988nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20063nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20376nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21176nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21183nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21324nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22066nvdVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-39.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-view-image.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvdVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134nvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/24713nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431267/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433138/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433539/30/5070/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25925nvd
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