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CVE-2006-2788

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-2788 describes a double free vulnerability within the getRawDER function for nsIX509Cert in Mozilla Firefox. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application hang) and potentially execute arbitrary code through specially crafted Javascript. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it represents a high-severity vulnerability that can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0437 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (10)

mozillapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.2-0.1.0.EL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: devhelp-0:0.10-0.2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: seamonkey-0:1.0.3-0.el4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: firefox-0:1.5.0.5-0.el4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: thunderbird-0:1.5.0.5-0.el4.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-2788Moderate

security flaw

Jun 1, 2006

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/21269
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21270
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21336
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21532
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21631
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22247
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22299
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22342
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22849
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11065
usn.ubuntu.com / 296-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1192
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1210
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-361-1
us.debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1191