5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-5633
Firefox Denial of Service Null Dereference in Range Object Creation
Description

Firefox 1.5.0.7 and 2.0, and Seamonkey 1.1b, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) by creating a range object using createRange, calling selectNode on a DocType node (DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE), then calling createContextualFragment on the range, which triggers a null dereference. NOTE: the original Bugtraq post mentioned that code execution was possible, but followup analysis has shown that it is only a null dereference.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 31, 2006, 10:07 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 17, 2018, 9:44 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-5633 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla seamonkey

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-5633 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-5633 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/450155/100/0/threaded [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/452803/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/450167/100/0/threaded [Exploit, Vendor Advisory]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/450682/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452803/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450682/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450167/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450155/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29916 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29916 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 01, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-5633 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-5633 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

40.73 }} 2.43%

score

0.97264

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability