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thunderbird — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2779

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) nested tags in a select tag, (2) a DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, (3) "Content-implemented tree views," (4) BoxObjects, (5) the XBL implementation, (6) an iframe that attempts to remove itself, which leads to memory corruption.

Products
thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.5.0.4-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-2779
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:08 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2779

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Jun 2006, 19:02 UTC

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) nested tags in a select tag, (2) a DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, (3) "Content-implemented tree views," (4) BoxObjects, (5) the XBL implementation, (6) an iframe that attempts to remove itself, which leads to memory corruption.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2779

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.4-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.4-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.4-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "08265cba7f79788d0f2f508b9a66b79bc06161fa31c5633598c2d665e53d325a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2779",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2779",
    "summary": "Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) nested tags in a select tag, (2) a DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, (3) \"Content-implemented tree views,\" (4) BoxObjects, (5) the XBL implementation, (6) an iframe that attempts to remove itself, which leads to memory corruption.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2779",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "thunderbird",
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        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.5.0.4-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
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      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "thunderbird",
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        },
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          }
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      },
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        "name": {
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    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
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          "package": {
            "name": "thunderbird",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/thunderbird?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
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          },
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          ],
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          },
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:19.017036018Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2006-2779"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2779"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2006-2779",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410185,
  "published_at": "2006-06-02T19:02:00+00:00"
}