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title: "CVE-2006-4570\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-4570

Publication date 15 September 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 Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5, with "Load
Images" enabled, allows remote user-assisted attackers to bypass settings
that disable JavaScript via a remote XBL file in a message that is loaded
when the user views, forwards, or replies to the original message.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| mozilla-thunderbird | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.7.04 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.10 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.5.0.13-0ubuntu0.6.06 |

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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-2006-4570)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4570)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-4570)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4570)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-361-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-361-1)
+ Mozilla vulnerabilities
+ 10 October 2006

+ [USN-350-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-350-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 22 September 2006

+ [USN-352-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-352-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 25 September 2006

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4570>
