Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5, with "Load Images"…
Priority LOW 18Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5, with "Load Images" enabled, allows remote user-assisted attackers to bypass settings that disable JavaScript via a remote XBL file in a message that is loaded when the user views, forwards, or replies to the original message.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02437 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 2 advisories
- RHSA-2006:0676 Released 2006-09-15 · Red Hat rating Criticalseamonkey security update
- Red Hat Desktop version 3 seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3, seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3.i386, seamonkey-chat-1.0.5-0.1.el3 +17
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3, seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3.ia64 +37
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 devhelp-0.10-0.4.el4, devhelp-0.10-0.4.el4.i386, devhelp-0.10-0.4.el4.ppc +27
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 devhelp-0.10-0.4.el4, devhelp-0.10-0.4.el4.i386, devhelp-devel-0.10-0.4.el4 +13
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3, seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3.ia64 +27
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 devhelp-0.10-0.4.el4, devhelp-0.10-0.4.el4.i386, devhelp-devel-0.10-0.4.el4 +19
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3, seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3.i386, seamonkey-1.0.5-0.1.el3.ia64 +27
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 devhelp-0.10-0.4.el4, devhelp-0.10-0.4.el4.i386, devhelp-devel-0.10-0.4.el4 +19
- RHSA-2006:0677 Released 2006-09-15 · Red Hat rating Criticalthunderbird security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386, thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ia64 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386, thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4, thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.i386, thunderbird-1.5.0.7-0.1.el4.ia64
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Desktop version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676, RHSA-2006:0677 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676, RHSA-2006:0677 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676, RHSA-2006:0677 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 | Fixed | RHSA-2006:0676, RHSA-2006:0677 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-4570
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-23g7-p8vx-g5m2
References
More Mozilla Seamonkey vulnerabilities
- TI-2010-03577 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x through 3.5.14 and 3.6.x through 3.6.11, Thunderbird 3.1.6 before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-01166 Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-01165 The Web IDL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2011-02075 Integer overflow in the Array.reduceRight method in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18 and 4.x… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2011-00061 Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2011-00068 Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, does… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2006-4570 · CVE Program
- CVE-2006-4570 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-23g7-p8vx-g5m2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2006-4570 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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