VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-2783
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from a UTF-8 page before the page is passed to the parser, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a BOM sequence in the…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.67%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from a UTF-8 page before the page is passed to the parser, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a BOM sequence in the middle of a dangerous tag such as SCRIPT.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.67% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20376Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20382Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20561Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20709Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21134Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21176Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21178Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21183Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21188Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21210Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21269Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21270Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21324Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21336Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21532Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21607Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21631Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22065Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22066Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31074Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.