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CVE-2006-1730

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1730 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite, and SeaMonkey versions prior to their respective patches. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious CSS letter-spacing property that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and moderate attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1034 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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
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mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1730Critical

security flaw

Apr 14, 2006

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
lists.suse.com / archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
secunia.com / advisories/19631
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19649
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19696
secunia.com / advisories/19714
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19721
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19729
secunia.com / advisories/19746
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19759
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19780
secunia.com / advisories/19794
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19811
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19821
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19823
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19852
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19862
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19863
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19902
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19941
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19950
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20051
secunia.com / advisories/21033
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21622
secunia.com / advisories/22065
secunia.com / advisories/22066
securityreason.com / securityalert/720
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25826
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10055
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1614
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
usn.ubuntu.com / 271-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 275-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 276-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1044
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1046
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1051
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/179014
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-22.html
Vendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/431060/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/434524/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/17516
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-107A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1356
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3391
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3748
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3749
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0083
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-06-010.html
Vendor Advisory