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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-2777 · published 2 June 2006

CVE-2006-2777: Mozilla firefox vulnerability

Mozilla · Firefox

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.4 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the nsISelectionPrivate interface of the Selection object to add a SelectionListener and create notifications that are executed in a privileged context.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.0% · top 6.9%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
6.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
66References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.4 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the nsISelectionPrivate interface of the Selection object to add a SelectionListener and create notifications that are executed in a privileged context.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376
http://secunia.com/advisories/20394
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102763-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/237257 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-43.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0058
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26853
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376
http://secunia.com/advisories/20394
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-2777), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.