CVE-2006-0298

Severity Score

5.8

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The XML parser in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.1 and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly read sensitive data via unknown attack vectors that trigger an out-of-bounds read.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.8

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-01-18 CVE Reserved
2006-02-02 CVE Published
2024-05-24 EPSS Updated
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-07.html	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24436	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A677	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16476	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/18700	2018-10-19
http://secunia.com/advisories/18704	2018-10-19
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015570	2018-10-19

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065	2018-10-19
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded	2018-10-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0413	2018-10-19
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749	2018-10-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				1.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "1.5"		beta1		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.0"		alpha		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "1.0"		beta		Affected