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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-2779 · published 2 June 2006

CVE-2006-2779: Mozilla firefox code injection vulnerability

Mozilla · Firefox

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) nested <option> tags in a select tag, (2) a DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, (3) "Content-implemented tree views," (4) BoxObjects, (5) the XBL implementation, (6) an iframe that attempts to remove itself, which leads to memory corruption.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 7.0% · top 6.1% CWE-94 · Code injection
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
7.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
122References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) nested <option> tags in a select tag, (2) a DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, (3) "Content-implemented tree views," (4) BoxObjects, (5) the XBL implementation, (6) an iframe that attempts to remove itself, which leads to memory corruption.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561 PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21607 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21634 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21654 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
http://secunia.com/advisories/27216
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202 Patch
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214 Patch
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102943-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200387-1
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.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1159
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1160
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/466673 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-32.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-2779), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.