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.
CVE-2006-0295
- High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 71%
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 99.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 2, 2006
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (28)
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/18700
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/18704
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/22065
- secalert@redhathttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015570
- secalert@redhathttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/759273
- secalert@redhathttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-04.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16476
- secalert@redhathttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-038A.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0413
- secalert@redhathttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=319296
- secalert@redhathttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24433
- secalert@redhathttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1562
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18700
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)
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Publicly available exploits
(4 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (3 Exploit-DB entries). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-16301✓ verifiedFirst seen Sep 20, 2010
Mozilla Firefox - location.QueryInterface() Code Execution (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-1480✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 8, 2006
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 (OSX) - 'location.QueryInterface()' Code Execution (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-1474✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 7, 2006
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 (Linux) - 'location.QueryInterface()' Code Execution (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/multi/browser/firefox_queryinterface✓ verifiedFirst seen Feb 2, 2006
Firefox location.QueryInterface() Code Execution
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