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title: "CVE-2006-3677\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-3677

Publication date 27 July 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 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code by changing certain properties of the
window navigator object (window.navigator) that are accessed when Java
starts up, which causes a crash that leads to code execution.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 7.04 feisty | Not affected |
| 6.10 edgy | Not affected |
| 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-2006-3677)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3677)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-3677)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3677)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-327-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-327-1)
+ firefox vulnerabilities
+ 28 July 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3677>
