CVE-2006-2783

Published: Jun 2, 2006Modified: Apr 16, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Mozilla: Firefox, Thunderbird

Mozilla

2 products

Firefox

Thunderbird

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 1.5.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird	Up to 1.5.0.3

Related CWEs

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

References (116)

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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http://secunia.com/advisories/35379

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202

Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228

Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/

Source: cve@mitre.org

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Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jul/msg00001.html