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 does not properly protect the compilation scope of privileged built-in XBL bindings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) valueOf.call or (2) valueOf.apply methods of an XBL binding, or (3) "by inserting an XBL method into the DOM's document.body prototype chain."
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1733 is rated Moderate Risk (55.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 24.27%, 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.
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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 | 33.96% | 24.27% | -9.69% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 24.27% | 33.96% | +9.69% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 24.27% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
high | CVE-2006-1733 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-2006-1733 |
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2006-1733: 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-2006-1733 |
redhat
|
critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1733 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2006-1733 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, needs-triage 5, released 4, not-affected 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1733 |
: This vulnerability also affects Mozilla, SeaMonkey, 1.0 and Mozilla, Suite, 1.7.13 This vulnerabiloity is addressed in the following product releases: Mozilla, Firefox, 1.5 Mozilla, Firefox, 1.0.8 Mozilla, Thunderbird, 1.5 Mozilla, Thunderbird, 1.0.8 Mozilla, SeaMonkey, 1.0 Mozilla, Suite, 1.7.13
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | <= 1.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | firefox | 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | mozilla_suite | <= 1.7.12 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | mozilla_suite | 1.7.6 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | mozilla_suite | 1.7.7 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | mozilla_suite | 1.7.8 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | mozilla_suite | 1.7.10 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | mozilla_suite | 1.7.11 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | seamonkey | <= 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | seamonkey | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | <= 1.0.7 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.5:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 1.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* |