Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 31, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5633
CVE-2006-5633
Description
Firefox 1.5.0.7 and 2.0, and Seamonkey 1.1b, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a range object using createRange, calling selectNode on a DocType node (DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE), then calling createContextualFragment on the range, which triggers a null dereference. NOTE: the original Bugtraq post mentioned that code execution was possible, but followup analysis has shown that it is only a null dereference.
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Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
11- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050416.htmlnvdExploit
- www.gotfault.net/research/advisory/gadv-firefox.txtnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450168/100/0/threadednvdExploitVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450155/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450167/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450682/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452803/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20799nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29916nvd
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