CVE-2006-2332 Denial of service in n/a

Low 2.6 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause browser slowdowns or denial of service by tricking users into visiting a web page with many mailto image links.

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-2006-2332?

CVE-2006-2332 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 12 May 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 1.5.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a web page with a large number of IMG elements in which the SRC attribute is a mailto URI. NOTE: another researcher found that the web page caused a temporary browser slowdown instead of a crash.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2332?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2332?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2332 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-2006-2332 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2332 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-xh4q-pv2r-82c7.

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