--- title: "CVE-2006-1942\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1942?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-1942 Publication date 20 April 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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." ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | mozilla-thunderbird | 7.04 feisty | Not affected | | 6.10 edgy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [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-2006-1942) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1942) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-1942) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1942) ### Other references *