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CVE-2006-1739

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1739 describes a denial-of-service and potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite, and SeaMonkey versions prior to specific updates. The flaw resides in the CSS border-rendering code, allowing remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds array write and buffer overflow. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is considered critical due to its network-based attack vector, medium complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), 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
8.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0825 is in the 73rd 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)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1739Critical

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
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/19631
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19696
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19714
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19721
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19729
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19746
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19759
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19780
Vendor Advisory
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
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25810
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1667
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9817
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/935556
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mozilla.org / security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-11.html
PatchVendor 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
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
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 / bid/17516
Patch
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-107A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1356