Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving JavaScript
Published Oct 3, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.19%
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving JavaScript. NOTE: the vendor and original researchers have released a follow-up comment disputing the severity of this issue, in which the researcher states that "we mentioned that there was a previously known Firefox vulnerability that could result in a stack overflow ending up in remote code execution. However, the code we presented did not in fact do this... I have not succeeded in making this code do anything more than cause a crash and eat up system resources"
Affected products
No data.
- 0.8
- 0.9
- 0.9
- 0.9.1
- 0.9.2
- 0.9.3
- 0.10
- 0.10.1
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0.1
- 1.5.0.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.6
- 1.5.7
- 1.5.8
- 2.0
- preview_release
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat does not consider this issue to be a security vulnerability. We have been in contact with the upstream project regarding this problem and agree that this issue currently poses no security threat. In the event more information becomes available, we will revisit this issue in the future.
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:P/I:P/A:P
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 1, 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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.19% (0.06195) | 93.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.79% (0.05786) | 92.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.00% (0.06998) | 90.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 46.56% (0.46558) | 97.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 46.56% (0.46558) | 96.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 23, 2023 | 38.69% (0.38693) | 96.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 31.56% (0.31565) | 96.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 95.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 94.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 11.27% (0.11270) | 88.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/10/02/update-possible-vulnerability-reported-at-toorcon/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1678 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016962 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447493/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447497/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20282 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20294 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderreports/insider/spn-49-20061003FirefoxVulnerabilityClaimWasAJoke.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5159 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29317 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5159
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5159
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/10/02/update-possible-vulnerability-reported-at-toorcon/ | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1678 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1016962 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447493/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447497/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20282 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20294 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderreports/insider/spn-49-20061003FirefoxVulnerabilityClaimWasAJoke.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5159 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29317 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5159 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5159 |
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