Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-5783

Description

Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Kubuntu Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long URL in an A tag. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by several vendors, who could not reproduce the report. In addition, the scope of the impact - system freeze - suggests an issue that is not related to Firefox. Due to this impact, CVE concurs with the dispute

Affected products

Mozilla Corporation/Firefox
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450398/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450424/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450476/100/0/threadednvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450730/100/0/threadednvd

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