CVE-2006-1728

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to the crypto.generateCRMFRequest method.

Published: 2006-04-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1728 is rated High Risk (71.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 29.80%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1728

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 2025-03-30 28.91% 29.80% +0.89%
2 2025-03-29 29.80% 28.91% -0.89%
3 2025-03-17 29.80%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1728

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1728

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1728

vendor priority summary link
debian high CVE-2006-1728 high 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-2006-1728
gentoo normal CVE-2006-1728: 3 GLSA(s) (200604-12, 200604-18, 200605-09), 6 atom(s) (mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird, mail-client/mozilla-thunderbird-bin, www-client/mozilla, www-client/mozilla-bin, www-client/mozilla-firefox, www-client/mozilla-firefox-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1728
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1728
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1728 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (firefox, firefox-granparadiso, lightning-sunbird, midbrowser, mozilla-thunderbird, xulrunner), 24 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): DNE 10, released 8, needs-triage 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1728

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1728

Solution: Fixed in: Firefox 1.5.0.2 Firefox 1.0.8 Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 Thunderbird 1.0.8 SeaMonkey 1.0.1 Mozilla Suite 1.7.13

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1728

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox >= 1.0, < 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox >= 1.5, < 1.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla mozilla_suite < 1.7.13 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey < 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 1.0, < 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird >= 1.5, < 1.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 4.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 5.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 5.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1728

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt Broken Link
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc Broken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19649 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19696 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19714 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19721 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19729 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19780 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19794 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19821 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19852 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015922 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015923 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015924 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015925 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102763-1 Broken Link
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051 Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/932734 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-24.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434524/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-107A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0058 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25812 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10508 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1698 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/ Third Party Advisory
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