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title: "CVE-2006-1725\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-1725

Publication date 14 April 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.2 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 causes
certain windows to become translucent due to an interaction between XUL
content windows and the history mechanism, which might allow user-assisted
remote attackers to trick users into executing arbitrary code.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.0.0.6+1-0ubuntu1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.0.6+0dfsg-0ubuntu0.6.10 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.13~prepatch070731-0ubuntu1 |
| firefox-granparadiso | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| lightning-sunbird | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| midbrowser | 7.04 feisty | Not in release |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| xulrunner | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.8.0.5-4.2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.8.0.5-4.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1725)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1725)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-1725)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1725)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1725>
