Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and 1.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTML tag with a large number of script action handlers such as onload and onmouseover, which triggers the crash when the user views the page source
Published Mar 19, 2006
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.61%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 and 1.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTML tag with a large number of script action handlers such as onload and onmouseover, which triggers the crash when the user views the page source. NOTE: Red Hat has disputed this issue, suggesting that "It is likely the reporter was running the IE Tab extension," and Mozilla also confirmed that this is not an issue in Firefox itself
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.61% (0.01614) | 75.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.58% (0.01576) | 72.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.97% (0.00966) | 75.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00799) | 82.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.80% (0.00799) | 81.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 12, 2023 | 0.80% (0.00799) | 79.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.75% (0.00749) | 78.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://osvdb.org/31833 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/593 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427977/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428159/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/31833 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/593 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427977/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428159/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
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