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thunderbird — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3803

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.

Products
thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.5.0.5-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-3803
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:20 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3803

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Jul 2006, 19:04 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3803

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.5-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.5-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.5-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3803",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3803",
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      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:33.914435669Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3803"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410891,
  "published_at": "2006-07-27T19:04:00+00:00"
}