CVE-2006-5159
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving JavaScript. NOTE: the vendor and original researchers have released a follow-up comment disputing the severity of this issue, in which the researcher states that "we mentioned that there was a previously known Firefox vulnerability that could result in a stack overflow ending up in remote code execution. However, the code we presented did not in fact do this... I have not succeeded in making this code do anything more than cause a crash and eat up system resources"
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 6.19%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
- Score date: 10/14/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/10/02/update-possible-vulnerability-reported-at-toorcon/
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1678
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016962
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447493/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447497/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20282
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20294
- http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderreports/insider/spn-49-20061003FirefoxVulnerabilityClaimWasAJoke.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29317
- http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/10/02/update-possible-vulnerability-reported-at-toorcon/
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1678
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016962
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447493/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447497/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20282
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20294
- http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderreports/insider/spn-49-20061003FirefoxVulnerabilityClaimWasAJoke.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29317
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