Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 2, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2783
CVE-2006-2783
Description
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from a UTF-8 page before the page is passed to the parser, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a BOM sequence in the middle of a dangerous tag such as SCRIPT.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.0.3
- (no CPE)range: <1.5.0.4
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.0.3
- (no CPE)range: <1.5.0.4
Patches
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References
58- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20376nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20382nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20561nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20709nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21134nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21176nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21178nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21183nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21188nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21210nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21269nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21270nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21324nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21336nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21532nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21607nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21631nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22065nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22066nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/31074nvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.htmlnvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/35379nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3613nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xmlnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-42.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2094/referencesnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26852nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10772nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/nvd
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