Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) nested tags in a select tag, (2) a DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, (3) "Content-implemented tree views," (4) BoxObjects, (5) the XBL implementation, (6) an iframe that attempts to remove itself, which leads to memory corruption.
CVE-2006-2779
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 9.3 — v2 rates that HIGH (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 7.0% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 9.3HIGHNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 9.3(low)
- EG Risk
- 49(Track)EG Risk 49/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity93% × 45%Exploitation7% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 7%
- EPSS %ILE
- 94%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 2, 2006
Last Modified
April 16, 2026
References (122)
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/20376
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/20382
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/20561
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/20709
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21134
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21176
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21178
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21183
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21188
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21210
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21269
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21270
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21324
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21336
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | firefox (1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-0ubuntu6.06) @ dapper | 2026-05-31 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail (2:0.94-0ubuntu4.1) @ dapper | 2026-05-31 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | mozilla-browser (2:1.7.13-0ubuntu05.04.1) @ hoary | 2026-05-31 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | mozilla-thunderbird (1.0.8-0ubuntu05.04.1) @ hoary | 2026-05-31 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | mozilla-firefox (1.0.8-0ubuntu5.04.1) @ hoary | 2026-05-31 | ubuntu |
| redhat | patch | 2006-08-28 | redhat |
| redhat | seamonkey-0:1.0.3-0.el4.1 | 2006-08-02 | redhat |
| redhat | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.5-0.el4.1 | 2006-07-29 | redhat |
| redhat | firefox-0:1.5.0.5-0.el4.1 | 2006-07-28 | redhat |
| redhat | seamonkey-0:1.0.2-0.1.0.EL3 | 2006-07-20 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(7 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:3.1(3)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | 2:1.7.8-1 ... 2:1.7.8-1sarge7.2.1 (9 versions) | 2:1.7.8-1sarge7.2.2 | — |
| mozilla-firefox | 1.0.4-2 ... 1.0.4-2sarge7 (8 versions) | 1.0.4-2sarge9 | — |
| mozilla-thunderbird | 1.0.2-2, 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.6, 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.7, 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.8, 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.8a | 1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.8b.1 | — |
Debian:11(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | — | 1.5.0.4-1 | — |
Debian:12(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | — | 1.5.0.4-1 | — |
Debian:13(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | — | 1.5.0.4-1 | — |
Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| thunderbird | — | 1.5.0.4-1 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
(10)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2006:0578CRITICAL2006-06-02
RHSA-2006:0578 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2006:0594CRITICAL2006-06-02
RHSA-2006:0594 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2006:0609CRITICAL2006-06-02
RHSA-2006:0609 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2006:0610CRITICAL2006-06-02
RHSA-2006:0610 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2006:0611CRITICAL2006-06-02
RHSA-2006:0611 — Critical
- UbuntuUSN-296-1MEDIUM
firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-296-2MEDIUM
Firefox vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-297-1MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-297-3MEDIUM
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-323-1MEDIUM
mozilla vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 0× in last 7d / 5× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-11 02:31 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-08-08 16:30 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-05 19:11 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-03 10:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-26 13:29 UTCEG score recompute▲ 9.30
- 2026-07-26 03:18 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-24 14:11 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-23 00:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-23 00:30 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 23:54 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-22 21:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-20 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-07-08 21:39 UTCOSV refresh
- 2026-07-08 15:09 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-20 09:42 UTCOSV refresh
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- 2026-05-31 08:20 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-31 08:20 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-31 08:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-05-31 00:13 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-05-23 12:41 UTCOSV refresh
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