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MFSA2006-72 SeaMonkey: XSS by setting img.src to javascript: URI (CVE-2006-6503)

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MFSA2006-72 SeaMonkey: XSS by setting img.src to javascript: URI (CVE-2006-6503)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
12/19/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/03/2012
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection by changing the src attribute of an IMG element to a javascript: URI.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-seamonkey-upgrade-1_0_7

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