Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 21, 2006· Updated Jun 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.
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Affected products
31cpe:2.3:a:k-meleon_project:k-meleon:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:k-meleon_project:k-meleon:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =1.0.1
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 26 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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: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:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- 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:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.5.0.6
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References
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- www.pianetapc.it/view.phpnvdURL Repurposed
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.ascnvd
- lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie.htmlnvd
- lcamtuf.coredump.cx/ffoxdie3.htmlnvd
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- secunia.com/advisories/22066nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22195nvd
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- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-01.xmlnvd
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- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
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- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htmnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-59.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0676.htmlnvd
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- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443020/100/100/threadednvd
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- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447837/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447840/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448956/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448984/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449245/100/100/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449487/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449726/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19488nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19534nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-351-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-352-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3617nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1198nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvd
- www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.donvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9528nvd
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