MEDIUM
security flaw
Published Sep 15, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.00%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed JavaScript regular expression that ends with a backslash in an unterminated character set ("[\\"), which leads to a buffer over-read.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
seamonkey-0:1.0.5-0.1.el3
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0676
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
devhelp-0:0.10-0.4.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0676
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
firefox-0:1.5.0.7-0.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0675
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
seamonkey-0:1.0.5-0.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0676
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
thunderbird-0:1.5.0.7-0.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2006:0677
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | seamonkey-0:1.0.5-0.1.el3 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | devhelp-0:0.10-0.4.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | firefox-0:1.5.0.7-0.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0675 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | seamonkey-0:1.0.5-0.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | thunderbird-0:1.5.0.7-0.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0677 |
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:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.00% 0.04004
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04004
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 (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.00% (0.04004) | 90.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.77% (0.03769) | 88.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 12, 2026 | 24.71% (0.24711) | 96.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 17.95% (0.17955) | 95.10th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 19.15% (0.19148) | 94.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 27.43% (0.27431) | 94.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 19.15% (0.19148) | 94.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 84.48% (0.84483) | 98.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 11, 2023 | 96.66% (0.96657) | 99.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 96.69% (0.96694) | 99.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 27, 2023 | 96.56% (0.96557) | 99.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2023 | 96.36% (0.96362) | 99.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 96.64% (0.96640) | 99.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 96.06% (0.96063) | 99.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 28, 2023 | 95.98% (0.95980) | 99.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 96.14% (0.96140) | 99.13th | 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 (61)
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Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 15, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 6, 2006
Link CVE-2006-4566
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a