CVE-2006-2723 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash Mozilla Firefox by serving a web page with many nested marquee tags, though the report was later unverified.
- 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-2006-2723?
CVE-2006-2723 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 1 Jun 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
Unspecified versions of Mozilla Firefox allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a web page that contains a large number of nested marquee tags. NOTE: a followup post indicated that the initial report could not be verified.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2723?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mozilla Firefox.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2723?
No fix published yet.
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-2006-2723 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2723 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2723, GHSA-7j2m-9286-4vwj.