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firefox-esr — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6501

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch Javascript function.

Products
firefox-esr
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
45.0esr-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-6501
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6501

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Dec 2006, 01:28 UTC

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch Javascript function.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6501

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 45.0esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 45.0esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 45.0esr-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6501",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch Javascript function.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6501",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "firefox-esr",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "45.0esr-1",
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          }
        ],
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      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "firefox-esr",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
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          }
        ],
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      },
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        },
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          }
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    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:29.126572269Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "CVE-2006-6501"
      ],
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        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6501"
      ]
    },
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      {
        "value": "CVE-2006-6501",
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      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410659,
  "published_at": "2006-12-20T01:28:00+00:00"
}