Firefox < 1.5.0.3 iframe.contentWindow.focus() Overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21322

Synopsis

A web browser on the remote host may be prone to a denial of service attack.

Description

The installed version of Firefox may allow a malicious site to crash the browser and potentially to run malicious code when attempting to use a deleted controller context.

Successful exploitation requires that 'designMode' be turned on.

Solution

Upgrade to Firefox 1.5.0.3 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21322

File Name: mozilla_firefox_1503.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/4/2006

Updated: 6/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2006-1993

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: Mozilla/Firefox/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1993

BID: 17671

Detections

Analytics