CVE-2006-1790: mozilla firefox Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 10.0v2.0HighModified

AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-1790

Published 14-04-2006Last modified 07-08-2024

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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-1790 is a high (CVSS 10.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 5.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk

70/100

0100

High · default modelHow is this calculated?

CVSS score

10.0/10

010

High · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

5.15%

0%100%

Low · +0.12 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog

RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5

DSA-1046-1 DSA-1051-1 RHSA-2006:0328 RHSA-2006:0329 RHSA-2006:0330

Timeline

14-04-2006
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
07-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A regression fix in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the InstallTrigger.install method, which leads to memory corruption.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.010.0

EPSS trend

Probability

5.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.12 pp

From 5.03% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026

EPSS score

5.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-399Resource Management ErrorsWeaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected systems

Debian1 product

thunderbird< 1.5.0.2-1

Mozilla1 product

firefox1.0.7

2 vendors · 2 products

References

48 links

usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
secunia.com/advisories/19902Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threadedVendor AdvisoryX Refsource HP
secunia.com/advisories/19941Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/19780Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
secunia.com/advisories/21622Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA

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secunia.com/advisories/19862Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource UBUNTU
secunia.com/advisories/19714Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-11.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMVendor Advisory
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
secunia.com/advisories/19811Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/19794Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/19746Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/21033Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERT
secunia.com/advisories/19759Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threadedVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356VDB EntryX Refsource VUPEN
secunia.com/advisories/19729Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11202VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
secunia.com/advisories/20051Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
secunia.com/advisories/19863Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threadedVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516VDB EntryX Refsource BID
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUNALERT
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
secunia.com/advisories/19852Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/19721Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25809VDB EntryX Refsource XF
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
secunia.com/advisories/19631Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIAVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/19950Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource SECUNIA
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1266VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1790Advisory

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