CVE-2006-5633
Firefox 1.5.0.7 and 2.0, and Seamonkey 1.1b, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a range object using createRange, calling selectNode on a DocType node
02 Description
Firefox 1.5.0.7 and 2.0, and Seamonkey 1.1b, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a range object using createRange, calling selectNode on a DocType node
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-10-31 22:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-10-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d76caa61a68c23bea73164f394b3b9886f84dee787c6e5e3f8d36800c6db1c6d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20061101 Re: New Flaw in Firefox 2.0: DoS and possible remote code executionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450682/100/200/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20061031 New Flaw in Firefox 2.0: DoS and possible remote code executionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450155/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20061031 Re: New Flaw in Firefox 2.0: DoS and possible remote code executionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450168/100/0/threaded
- lists.grok.org.uk20061030 Firefox <= 2.0 crashhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050416.html
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358797
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfirefox-createrange-dos(29916)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29916
- www.securityfocus.com20061127 Re: New Flaw in Firefox 2.0: DoS and possible remote code executionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452803/100/0/threaded
- www.gotfault.nethttp://www.gotfault.net/research/advisory/gadv-firefox.txt
- www.securityfocus.com20061031 Re: New Flaw in Firefox 2.0: DoS and possible remote code executionhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450167/100/0/threaded
- www.securityfocus.com20799http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20799
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213237
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- firefox-esr Fixed in 45.0esr-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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