# CVE-2006-1942: 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 r

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-04-20 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/21176
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
- http://www.osvdb.org/24713
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19698
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431267/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20063
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-39.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25925
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433138/100/0/threaded
- http://www.networksecurity.fi/advisories/netscape-view-image.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20376
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19988
- http://www.gavinsharp.com/tmp/ImageVuln.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21324
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21183
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334341

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