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CVE-2006-6503
Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 4.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting (XSS) protection by changing the src attribute of an IMG element to a javascript: URI.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 7 days later
· 7 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 · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.2% · top 9.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
52
- VU#405092 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 21668 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 23433 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 23439 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017414 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 23672 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5068 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23468 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23598 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0758 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-1265 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 24078 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-398-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 23282 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2006-1491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 23422 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017416 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- HPSBUX02153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 23591 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0759 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-398-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 23420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23440 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-72.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20061222 rPSA-2006-0234-1 firefox (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 23545 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23618 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10895 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- TA06-354A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 23589 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1253 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-1258 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070102 rPSA-2006-0234-2 firefox thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 23601 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017415 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 23988 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 23514 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-400-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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-2006-6486 (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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