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CVE-2006-1724

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1724 describes an unspecified vulnerability in older versions of Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite, and SeaMonkey. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through DHTML-related attack vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.0, < 1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.5, < 1.5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.7.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.0, < 1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0689 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.0.8-1.4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.9.2-2.4.8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.0.8-1.4.1
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1724Critical

security flaw

Apr 14, 2006

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19631
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19649
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19696
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19714
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19780
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19863
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19941
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21033
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21622
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22065
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22066
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10243
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1901
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1046
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1051
Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/350262
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mozilla.org / security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-20.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/434524/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17516
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-107A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1356
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3748
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3749
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0083
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory