MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Apr 14, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.97%
Description
The JavaScript engine 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 does not properly handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.0.7
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- ≤ 1.7.12
- 1.7.6
- 1.7.7
- 1.7.8
- 1.7.10
- 1.7.11
- ≤ 1.0
- 1.0
- ≤ 1.0.7
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.5
- 1.5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.8
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0329
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.0.8-1.4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0328
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.0.8-1.4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0330
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0329 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.0.8-1.4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0328 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.0.8-1.4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0330 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.97% 0.03969
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03969
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 3.97% (0.03969) | 90.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.88% (0.03877) | 88.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 13.99% (0.13990) | 93.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 29.71% (0.29709) | 94.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 13.99% (0.13990) | 93.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 34.89% (0.34890) | 97.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 19, 2023 | 7.67% (0.07666) | 93.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2023 | 7.42% (0.07421) | 93.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 9.65% (0.09655) | 93.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.00% (0.02003) | 87.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (56)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SCO
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/19721 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/19794 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19852 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19862 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19863 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19950 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20051 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21033 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492382 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-10.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1742 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618062 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25807 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1742
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1087 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11808 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-1742
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 14, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 12, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1742
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a