CVE-2006-5783

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Firefox 1.5.0.7 on Kubuntu Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long URL in an A tag. NOTE: this issue has been disputed by several vendors, who could not reproduce the report. In addition, the scope of the impact - system freeze - suggests an issue that is not related to Firefox. Due to this impact, CVE concurs with the dispute

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
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References

Timeline

Published
Nov 7, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2006-5783: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix