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CVE-2006-0749
nsHTMLContentSink.cpp in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 10.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
nsHTMLContentSink.cpp in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving a "particular sequence of HTML tags" that leads to memory corruption.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 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 · Analyzed | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 10.5% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-18.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-275-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11704 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SSRT061145 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 19902 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-276-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- HPSBUX02122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 19941 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0328 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 19821 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200604-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 21622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19862 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:075 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19823 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2006-410 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- USN-271-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 19714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200604-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 19811 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19794 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 102550 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 19696 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060417 ZDI-06-009: Mozilla Firefox Tag Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FLSA:189137-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1356 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- mozilla-nshtmlcontentsink-memory-corruption(25819) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#736934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:078 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 19729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1848 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 20051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19863 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA06-107A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- FLSA:189137-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 17516 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 228526 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2006-411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 19852 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19721 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-200605-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3391 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 19631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19950 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-009.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:076 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-1046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2006-0755 (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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