CVE-2006-1993
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2, cuando designMode está habilitado, permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio y posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario mediante determinado código Javascript que no es gestionado correctamente por el método contentWindow.focus en un iframe, lo que provoca una referencia a un objeto de contexto de controlador eliminado. NOTA: originalmente se afirmó que se trataba de un desbordamiento de búfer en (1) js320.dll y (2) xpcom_core.dll, pero el fabricante rechaza esta afirmación.
Traducción automática del texto original de NVD (en inglés).
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 5.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 54%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 99
- Fecha de la puntuación: 14/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 - 'js320.dll/xpcom_core.dll' Denial of Service (PoC) (24/4/2006)
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-399
Referencias
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19802
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20019
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20070
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20214
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/780
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015981
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1053
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1055
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-06.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/866300
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-30.html
- http://www.securident.com/vuln/ff.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431878/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434524/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17671
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1614
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1922
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25994
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1790
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19802
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20019
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20070
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20214
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/780
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015981
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1053
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1055
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-06.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/866300
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-30.html
- http://www.securident.com/vuln/ff.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431878/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434524/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17671
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1614
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1922
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25994
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1790
JSON original (NVD)
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