Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 22, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-2538

Description

IE Tab 1.0.9 plugin for Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), possibly due to a null dereference, via certain Javascript, as demonstrated using a url parameter to the content/reloaded.html page in a chrome:// URI. Some third-party researchers claim that they are unable to reproduce this vulnerability.

Affected products

Ie Tab/Ie Tab
cpe:2.3:a:ie_tab:ie_tab:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Mozilla Corporation/Firefox
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434280/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434519/100/0/threadednvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26540nvd

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