CVE-2006-2777 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2006-2777?

CVE-2006-2777 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 2 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 vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.4 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the nsISelectionPrivate interface of the Selection object to add a SelectionListener and create notifications that are executed in a privileged context.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2777?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2777?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2006-2777 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2777 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• 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

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-5w8p-847h-44hj.