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CVE-2006-0295

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0295 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.5, Thunderbird 1.5, and SeaMonkey prior to 1.0. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the QueryInterface method of built-in Location and Navigator objects, particularly when JavaScript is enabled in mail clients. With a CVSS score of 5.1, it has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not listed on CISA's KEV, Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries confirm the existence of public exploit code, indicating its exploitability, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
71.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Firefox location.QueryInterface() Code Execution · Feb 2, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16301 · Sep 20, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7131 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/18700
secunia.com / advisories/18704
secunia.com / advisories/22065
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24433
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1562
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/759273
US Government Resource
mozilla.org / security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-04.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16476
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-038A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0413
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3749