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thunderbird — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1733

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not properly protect the compilation scope of privileged built-in XBL bindings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) valueOf.call or (2) valueOf.apply methods of an XBL binding, or (3) "by inserting an XBL method into the DOM's document.body prototype chain."

Products
thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.5.0.2-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-1733
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1733

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Apr 2006, 10:02 UTC

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not properly protect the compilation scope of privileged built-in XBL bindings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) valueOf.call or (2) valueOf.apply methods of an XBL binding, or (3) "by inserting an XBL method into the DOM's document.body prototype chain."

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1733

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.2-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.2-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.2-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1733",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not properly protect the compilation scope of privileged built-in XBL bindings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) valueOf.call or (2) valueOf.apply methods of an XBL binding, or (3) \"by inserting an XBL method into the DOM's document.body prototype chain.\"",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1733",
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          "value": "thunderbird",
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        },
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            "value": "1.5.0.2-1",
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          }
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:20.371487074Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "CVE-2006-1733"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1733"
      ]
    },
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      {
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410266,
  "published_at": "2006-04-14T10:02:00+00:00"
}