CVE-2006-3803

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in the JavaScript garbage collection in Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing the garbage collector to delete a temporary variable while it is still being used during the creation of a new Function object.

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
Mozilla Thunderbird: 1.5, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.4

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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