CVE-2006-0293

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.7% 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 function allocation code (js_NewFunction in jsfun.c) in Firefox 1.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via user-defined methods that trigger garbage collection in a way that operates on freed objects.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: 1.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18700
http://secunia.com/advisories/18704
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015570
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm

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