CVE-2006-1738: Medium severity Mozilla Firefox vulnerability

Published Apr 14, 2006
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Updated

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by changing the (1) -moz-grid and (2) -moz-grid-group display styles.

Affected Software

29 affected components
Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta2
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.7
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0-beta
Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta1
Mozilla Mozilla Suite=1.7.10
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.4
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.7
Mozilla Mozilla Suite=1.7.8
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5-beta2
Mozilla SeaMonkey=1.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.2
Mozilla Mozilla Suite=1.7.11
Mozilla Firefox=1.0
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.3
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.5-beta
Mozilla Mozilla Suite=1.7.7
Mozilla Mozilla Suite=1.7.6
Mozilla Thunderbird=1.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.5
Mozilla Firefox=1.0.6
Mozilla Mozilla Suite=1.7.12

Event History

Apr 14, 2006
CVE Published
06:02 PM
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:00 PM
Description
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1738?

CVE-2006-1738 is classified as a denial of service vulnerability that can cause the application to crash.

2

How do I fix CVE-2006-1738?

To mitigate CVE-2006-1738, update to the latest version of affected Mozilla products like Firefox or Thunderbird.

3

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1738?

CVE-2006-1738 affects Mozilla Firefox 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Thunderbird 1.0.x before 1.0.7, SeaMonkey before 1.0, and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13.

4

Can CVE-2006-1738 be exploited remotely?

Yes, CVE-2006-1738 can be exploited remotely, allowing an attacker to crash the application.

5

What types of applications are impacted by CVE-2006-1738?

CVE-2006-1738 impacts several Mozilla applications, including Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and the Mozilla Suite.

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