CVE-2006-0292

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Javascript interpreter (jsinterp.c) in Mozilla and Firefox before 1.5.1 does not properly dereference objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to garbage collection.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 0.8, 0.9, 0.9-rc, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.3 (+12)
Mozilla: 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5, 1.5-alpha, 1.5-rc1, 1.5-rc2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18700
http://secunia.com/advisories/18703
http://secunia.com/advisories/18704
http://secunia.com/advisories/18705
http://secunia.com/advisories/18706
http://secunia.com/advisories/18708
http://secunia.com/advisories/18709
http://secunia.com/advisories/19230
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759

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