CVE-2006-3801

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    CVE-2006-3801

    Published: 27 Jul 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 does not properly clear a JavaScript reference to a frame or window, which leaves a pointer to a deleted object that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary native code.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/19873, http://secunia.com/advisories/21216, http://secunia.com/advisories/21228, http://secunia.com/advisories/21229, http://secunia.com/advisories/21243, http://secunia.com/advisories/21246, http://secunia.com/advisories/21250, http://secunia.com/advisories/21262, http://secunia.com/advisories/21269, http://secunia.com/advisories/21270, http://secunia.com/advisories/21336, http://secunia.com/advisories/21343, http://secunia.com/advisories/21358, http://secunia.com/advisories/21361, http://secunia.com/advisories/21529, http://secunia.com/advisories/21532, http://secunia.com/advisories/21631, http://secunia.com/advisories/22065, http://secunia.com/advisories/22066, http://secunia.com/advisories/22210, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-02.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/476724, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_48_seamonkey.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2998, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083, http://secunia.com/advisories/19873, http://secunia.com/advisories/21216, http://secunia.com/advisories/21228, http://secunia.com/advisories/21229, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19181, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016586, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016587, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016588, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-03.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/476724, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-44.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0608.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441333/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-208A.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27980, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-536, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-537, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11501, https://usn.ubuntu.com/327-1/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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