CVE-2006-1790
A regression fix in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the InstallTrigger.install method, which leads to memory corruption.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A regression fix in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the InstallTrigger.install method, which leads to memory corruption.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.15% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19631Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19721
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19759Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19794Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19811Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19852Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19862Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19902
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19950
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20051
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21622
- 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
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.