CVE-2006-2538

IE Tab 1.0.9 for Firefox - Denial of Service via JavaScript in chrome:// URI

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434280/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26540
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434519/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0189
EPSS Percentile 77.3%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
ie_tab/ie_tab 1.0.9
mozilla/firefox 1.5.0.3
Published May 22, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026