CVE-2006-0295

Exp

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.

Published: 2006-02-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0295 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 83.41%, 99th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0295

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16301 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
1480 exploit_db edb 2006-02-08 Exploit-DB ↗
1474 exploit_db edb 2006-02-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0295

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-02 82.37% 83.41% +1.04%
2 2025-03-30 85.42% 82.37% -3.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 85.42% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0295

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0295

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0295

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-0295 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0295
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-0295 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (firefox, firefox-granparadiso, lightning-sunbird, midbrowser, mozilla-thunderbird), 20 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 9, released 6, needs-triage 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0295

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0295

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0295

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