Mozilla Firefox IE Tab Javascript denial of service
| firefox-ietab-javascript-dos (26540) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Mozilla Firefox using the IE Tab plugin is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference when handling specially-crafted JavaScript. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a malicious Web page to cause a victim's browser to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Mozilla, Firefox 1.5.0.3
- PCMan, IE Tab 1.0.3
Remedy:
No remedy available as of August 16, 2008.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed May 17 2006 - 13:07:46 CDT, Firefox (with IETab Plugin) Null Pointer Dereferences Bug at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-05/0424.html.
- IE Tab Web site, IE Tab :: Mozilla Add-ons :: Add Features to Mozilla Software at https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/.
- Mozilla Web site, Firefox - Rediscover the web at http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/.
- CVE-2006-2538: IE Tab 1.0.9 plugin for Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash), possibly due to a null dereference, via certain Javascript, as demonstrated using a url parameter to the content/reloaded.html page in a chrome:// URI. Some third-party researchers claim that they are unable to reproduce this vulnerability.
Reported:
May 17, 2006
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