CVE-2006-2723 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08126.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mozilla Subscribe	Firefox Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2722	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435373/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435411/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435882/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436268/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18165
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26898

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-06-01T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:58:51.919Z

Reserved: 2006-05-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-2723

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-06-01T01:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-2723

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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