MEDIUM
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain Javascript that is not properly handled by the contentWindow.focus method in an iframe, which causes a reference to a deleted controller context object
Published Apr 25, 2006
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 54.00%
Description
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2, when designMode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain Javascript that is not properly handled by the contentWindow.focus method in an iframe, which causes a reference to a deleted controller context object. NOTE: this was originally claimed to be a buffer overflow in (1) js320.dll and (2) xpcom_core.dll, but the vendor disputes this claim.
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.
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
54.00% 0.54003
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.54003
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 2, 2026 | 54.00% (0.54003) | 98.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 54.00% (0.54003) | 98.90th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 51.35% (0.51346) | 98.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 57.32% (0.57321) | 97.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 44.49% (0.44489) | 96.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 56.77% (0.56771) | 97.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 96.05% (0.96046) | 99.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2023 | 96.05% (0.96046) | 99.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 14, 2023 | 96.19% (0.96186) | 99.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 6, 2023 | 95.96% (0.95959) | 99.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 95.87% (0.95874) | 99.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 45.91% (0.45907) | 98.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 45.91% (0.45907) | 97.84th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (24)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19802 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20015 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20019 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20070 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20214 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/780 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015981 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1053 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1055 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/866300 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-30.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securident.com/vuln/ff.txt x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431878/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434524/100/0/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17671 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1614 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1922 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25994 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1790 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 25, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 25, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1993
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a