CVE-2006-1739 Memory corruption in n/a

Critical 9.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via malicious CSS in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird.

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
Available

What is CVE-2006-1739?

CVE-2006-1739 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 14 Apr 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 CSS border-rendering code 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) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) that causes an out-of-bounds array write and buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1739?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Mozilla Suite, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1739?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-1739 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1739 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1739, GHSA-wp5w-vcq2-q2gv.

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