CVE-2006-2783
MEDIUMEPSS 74th pctlDescription
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 strip the Unicode Byte-order-Mark (BOM) from a UTF-8 page before the page is passed to the parser, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a BOM sequence in the middle of a dangerous tag such as SCRIPT.
How to fix
Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 74% of all known CVEs.
References
- lists.apple.com
- lists.apple.com
- secunia.com
- securitytracker.com
- securitytracker.com
- support.apple.com
- debian.org
- debian.org
- debian.org
- gentoo.org
- gentoo.org
- mandriva.com
- mandriva.com
- mandriva.com
- mozilla.org
- novell.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- securityfocus.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
- vupen.com
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-79 (Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2020-11022 | Medium | 6.9 | 99% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2019-3929 | Critical | 9.8 | 99% | KEV | Fix |
| CVE-2020-9496 | Medium | 6.1 | 99% | - | - |
| CVE-2023-28341 | Medium | 6.1 | 99% | - | Fix |
| CVE-2018-12998 | Medium | 6.1 | 98% | - | - |
| CVE-2025-4123 | High | 7.6 | 98% | - | Fix |
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