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CVE-2006-0298
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…
Medium5.8EPSS 2.8%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:677 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 18704 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3749 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 16476 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0413 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015570 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18700 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SSRT061236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 22065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-07.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- mozilla-xml-parser-dos(24436) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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