CVE-2006-0299 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2006-0299?

CVE-2006-0299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 2 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The E4X implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.1, Thunderbird 1.5 if running Javascript in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 exposes the internal "AnyName" object to external interfaces, which allows multiple cooperating domains to exchange information in violation of the same origin restrictions.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0299?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0299?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2006-0299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0299, GHSA-54xf-f642-5wh5.