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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-6504 · published 20 December 2006

CVE-2006-6504: Mozilla firefox code injection vulnerability

Mozilla · Firefox

Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by appending an SVG comment DOM node to another type of document, which triggers memory corruption.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 8.9% · top 4.9% CWE-94 · Code injection
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
8.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
84References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by appending an SVG comment DOM node to another type of document, which triggers memory corruption.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297 Broken Link
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23433 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23439 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23440 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23468 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23514 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23601 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23618 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017417 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017418 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/928956 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-73.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454939/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Third Party Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-051.html Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-6504), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.