CVE-2006-1942

N/A Unknown
Published: April 20, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2 and possibly other versions before 1.5.0.4, Netscape 8.1, 8.0.4, and 7.2, and K-Meleon 0.9.13 allows user-assisted remote attackers to open local files via a web page with an IMG element containing a SRC attribute with a non-image file:// URL, then tricking the user into selecting View Image for the broken image, as demonstrated using a .wma file to launch Windows Media Player, or by referencing an "alternate web page."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19698
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19988
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20063
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gavinsharp.com/tmp/ImageVuln.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-39.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-view-image.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.osvdb.org/24713
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431267/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433138/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433539/30/5070/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334341
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25925
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/19698
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19988
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20063
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gavinsharp.com/tmp/ImageVuln.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-39.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-view-image.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.osvdb.org/24713
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431267/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433138/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433539/30/5070/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334341
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25925
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

56 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.9%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

k-meleon_project mozilla netscape