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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 21, 2006· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2006-4253

CVE-2006-4253

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.

Affected products

28
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 25 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:netscape:navigator:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:k-meleon_project:k-meleon:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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