CVE-2006-1273 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers could crash the browser by viewing a page with many script handlers, though vendors dispute this is a core Firefox issue.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1273?
CVE-2006-1273 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 19 Mar 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
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and 1.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTML tag with a large number of script action handlers such as onload and onmouseover, which triggers the crash when the user views the page source. NOTE: Red Hat has disputed this issue, suggesting that "It is likely the reporter was running the IE Tab extension," and Mozilla also confirmed that this is not an issue in Firefox itself
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1273?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1273?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-1273 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1273 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4g2c-wq22-f9v3.