CVE-2006-2538 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the IE Tab 1.0.9 plugin for Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3. A remote, user-assisted attacker could crash the application, potentially via a null dereference, by crafting specific JavaScript within a URL parameter to the content/reloaded.html page. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and only a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and some researchers have been unable to reproduce it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ie_tab:ie_tab:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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