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CVE-2006-0298

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0298 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the XML parser of Mozilla Firefox before version 1.5.0.1 and SeaMonkey before version 1.0. This flaw, with a CVSS score of 5.8, could be remotely exploited with medium attack complexity to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially expose sensitive data. While the vulnerability is over a decade old, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0277 is in the 77th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/18700
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18704
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22065
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24436
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A677
mozilla.org / security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-07.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16476
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0413
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3749
Vendor Advisory