Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain Javascript that is not properly handled by the contentWindow.focus method in an iframe, which causes a reference to a deleted controller context object. NOTE: this was originally claimed to be a buffer overflow in (1) js320.dll and (2) xpcom_core.dll, but the vendor disputes this claim.
CVE-2006-1993
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 51%
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 98.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 25, 2006
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (48)
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/19802
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20015
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20019
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20070
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20214
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/22066
- secalert@redhathttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/780
- secalert@redhathttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015981
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1053
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1055
- secalert@redhathttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-06.xml
- secalert@redhathttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/866300
- secalert@redhathttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-30.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securident.com/vuln/ff.txt
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431878/100/0/threaded
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-1716✓ verifiedFirst seen Apr 24, 2006
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 - 'js320.dll/xpcom_core.dll' Denial of Service (PoC)
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