CVE-2006-1739

The CSS border-rendering code 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 certain Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) that causes an out-of-bounds array write and buffer overflow.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1739 is rated High Risk (76/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 33.12%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +6.74% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1739

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 26.38% 33.12% +6.74%
2 2025-03-29 33.12% 26.38% -6.74%
3 2025-03-17 33.12%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1739

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-2006-1739

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1739

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2006-1739 medium 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-2006-1739
gentoo normal CVE-2006-1739: 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-2006-1739
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1739
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1739 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-2006-1739

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1739

Solution: Fixed in: Firefox 1.5 Firefox 1.0.8 Thunderbird 1.5 Thunderbird 1.0.8 SeaMonkey 1.0 Mozilla Suite 1.7.13

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1739

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 1.7.6 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 mozilla_suite 1.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:1.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 1.0 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 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1739

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19696 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19714 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19721 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19729 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19780 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19794 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19821 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19852 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/935556 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-11.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
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/bid/17516 Patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-107A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=265736
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25810
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1667
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9817
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/
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