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CVE-2006-3801

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 does not properly clear a JavaScript reference to a frame or window, which leaves a pointer to a deleted object that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary native code.

Affected products

• Mozilla Firefox: 1.5, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.3, 1.5.0.4
• Mozilla Seamonkey: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19873
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21216
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21228
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21229
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21243
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21246
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21250
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21262
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21269
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21270

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