CVE-2006-0295
Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5 if Javascript is enabled in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 might allow remote attackers to execute…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 71.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5 if Javascript is enabled in mail, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the QueryInterface method of the built-in Location and Navigator objects, which leads to memory corruption.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Firefox location.QueryInterface() Code Execution (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/browser/firefox_queryinterfaceRank normaldisclosed 2 Feb 2006
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Mozilla Firefox - location.QueryInterface() Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16301remote, multiplepublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5 (OSX) - 'location.QueryInterface()' Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1480remote, osxpublished 8 Feb 2006Verified
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5 (Linux) - 'location.QueryInterface()' Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1474remote, linuxpublished 7 Feb 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By redhat
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 71.3% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319296 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18704 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3749 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 16476 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1562 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0413 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015570 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- mozilla-queryinterface-memory-corruption(24433) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSRT061236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-04.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#759273 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- TA06-038A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 22065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0302 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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