| Name | CVE-2006-1942 |
| 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." |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1118, DSA-1120, DSA-1134-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| firefox (PTS) | sid | 120.0.1-1 | fixed |
| thunderbird (PTS) | buster | 1:91.12.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1:115.5.0-1~deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:102.13.1-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 1:115.5.0-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1:115.5.0-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| trixie | 1:115.5.1-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 1:115.5.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox | source | (unstable) | 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-1 | low | ||
| mozilla | source | sarge | 2:1.7.8-1sarge7.1 | DSA-1118 | ||
| mozilla | source | (unstable) | 2:1.7.13-0.3 | low | ||
| mozilla-firefox | source | sarge | 1.0.4-2sarge9 | DSA-1120 | ||
| mozilla-thunderbird | source | sarge | 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.8a | DSA-1134-1 | ||
| thunderbird | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | |||
| xulrunner | source | (unstable) | (not affected) |
MFSA-2006-39
- thunderbird <not-affected> (Windows-specific)
- xulrunner <not-affected> (Windows-specific)