# CVE-2006-3731: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash Mozilla Firefox via a crafted multipart form upload, requiring user interaction to trigger the denial of service.

- **Severity:** Low 2.6 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jgg8-m8r9-68gq

## What is CVE-2006-3731?

CVE-2006-3731 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 19 Jul 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 1.5.0.4 and earlier allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a form with a multipart/form-data encoding and a user-uploaded file.  NOTE: a third party has claimed that this issue might be related to the LiveHTTPHeaders extension.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-3731?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mozilla Firefox.

## How do I fix CVE-2006-3731?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-3731 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2006-3731 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3731 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

- [CVE-2019-11708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11708/): Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2010-3765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-3765/): Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26486](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26486/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (critical 9.6, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26485](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26485/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2019-11707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11707/): Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-3731 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2006-3731 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 19 Jul 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-3731 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Mozilla Firefox. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3731/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3731/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3731
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3731
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-3731

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3731/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.