CVE-2006-2723

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Published Jun 1, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 3.0% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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Tracking

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 3.0% (2.998% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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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Subscriptions

Mozilla Firefox

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:58 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 1, 2006, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:58 PM
Reserved: May 31, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:25 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 1, 2006, 1:02 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:25 PM

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