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CVE-2006-5633

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5633 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox versions 1.5.0.7 and 2.0, and Seamonkey 1.1b. A remote attacker can trigger a crash by manipulating range objects and DocType nodes, leading to a null dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. While initial reports suggested possible code execution, subsequent analysis confirmed it as a denial-of-service only. There is one public exploit available on ExploitDB, but no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:1.1:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2695 · Oct 31, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0686 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-5633

CVE-2006-5633

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050416.html
Exploit
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29916
gotfault.net / research/advisory/gadv-firefox.txt
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/450155/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/450167/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/450168/100/0/threaded
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/450682/100/200/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/452803/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20799