CVE-2006-1742
published 2006-04-14CVE-2006-1742: The JavaScript engine in 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…
PriorityP420medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNIPAN
EPSS
3.88%
88.9th percentile
The JavaScript engine in 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 handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.
Affected
32 ranges· showing 25
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | firefox | < firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.2-2 (sid) | firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.2-2 (sid) |
| debian | thunderbird | < firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.2-2 (sid) | firefox 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.2-2 (sid) |
| mozilla | firefox | <= 1.0.7 | — |
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| mozilla | mozilla_suite | <= 1.7.12 | — |
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| mozilla | seamonkey | <= 1.0 | — |
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| mozilla | thunderbird | <= 1.0.7 | — |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2006-05-03·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2006-1742 [HIGH] Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Title: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Summary: Thunderbird vulnerabilities
Igor Bukanov discovered that the JavaScript engine did not properly
declare some temporary variables. Under some rare circumstances, a
malicious mail with embedded JavaScript could exploit this to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. (CVE-2006-0292,
CVE-2006-1742)
The function XULDocument.persist() did not sufficiently validate the
names of attributes. An attacker could exploit this to inject
arbitrary XML code into the file 'localstore.rdf', which is read and
evaluated at startup. This could include JavaScript commands that
would be run with the user's privileges. (CVE-2006-0296)
Due to a flaw in the HTML tag parser a specific sequence of HTML tags
caused memory corruption. A malicious HTML emai
Ubuntu
Mozilla vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2006-04-28·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1736 [MEDIUM] Mozilla vulnerabilities
Title: Mozilla vulnerabilities
Summary: Mozilla vulnerabilities
Web pages with extremely long titles caused subsequent launches of
Mozilla browser to hang for up to a few minutes, or caused Mozilla to
crash on computers with insufficient memory. (CVE-2005-4134)
Igor Bukanov discovered that the JavaScript engine did not properly
declare some temporary variables. Under some rare circumstances, a
malicious website could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user. (CVE-2006-0292, CVE-2006-1742)
The function XULDocument.persist() did not sufficiently validate the
names of attributes. An attacker could exploit this to inject
arbitrary XML code into the file 'localstore.rdf', which is read and
evaluated at startup. This could include JavaScript commands that
would
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2006-04-20·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2005-4134 [MEDIUM] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox vulnerabilities
Web pages with extremely long titles caused subsequent launches of
Firefox browser to hang for up to a few minutes, or caused Firefox to
crash on computers with insufficient memory. (CVE-2005-4134)
Igor Bukanov discovered that the JavaScript engine did not properly
declare some temporary variables. Under some rare circumstances, a
malicious website could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with
the privileges of the user. (CVE-2006-0292, CVE-2006-1742)
The function XULDocument.persist() did not sufficiently validate the
names of attributes. An attacker could exploit this to inject
arbitrary XML code into the file 'localstore.rdf', which is read and
evaluated at startup. This could include JavaScript commands that
would
Red Hat
security flaw
vendor_redhat·2006-04-14·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] security flaw
security flaw
The JavaScript engine in 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 handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.
Debian
CVE-2006-1742: firefox - The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0....
vendor_debian·2006·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-1742: firefox - The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0....
The JavaScript engine in 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 handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.
Scope: local
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.2-2)
GHSA
GHSA-7mq9-p447-2gr2: The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-03
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] GHSA-7mq9-p447-2gr2: The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1
The JavaScript engine in 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 handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.
OSV
CVE-2006-1742: The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1
osv·2006-04-14·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-1742: The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1
The JavaScript engine in 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 handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-1742 security flaw
bugzilla·2018-08-16·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-1742 security flaw
CVE-2006-1742 security flaw
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Discussion:
MITRE description:
The JavaScript engine in 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 handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.
Bugzilla
Mozilla Thunderbird multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2006-0749, CVE-2006-1724, CVE-2006-1730, CVE-2006-0292, et al.)
bugzilla·2006-04-22·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2006-0749 [HIGH] Mozilla Thunderbird multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2006-0749, CVE-2006-1724, CVE-2006-1730, CVE-2006-0292, et al.)
Mozilla Thunderbird multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2006-0749, CVE-2006-1724, CVE-2006-1730, CVE-2006-0292, et al.)
Mozilla has released a new version of Mozilla Thunderbird that corrects
serious and critical vulnerabilities in that product. Red Hat has issued
advisory RHSA-2006:0330-01 .
With that advisory, Red Hat has released thunderbird-1.0.8-1.4.1.
Here is the Problem Description from that advisory:
"Several bugs were found in the way Thunderbird processes malformed
javascript. A malicious HTML mail message could modify the content of a
different open HTML mail message, possibly stealing sensitive information
or conducting a cross-site scripting attack. Please note that JavaScript
support is disabled by default in Thunderbird. (CVE-2006-1731,
CVE-2006-1732, CVE-2006-1741)
"Several b
Bugzilla
multiple critical Firefox, Mozilla vulnerabilities (CVE-2006-0749, CVE-2006-1724, et al.)
bugzilla·2006-04-17·CVSS 9.3
CVE-2006-0749 [CRITICAL] multiple critical Firefox, Mozilla vulnerabilities (CVE-2006-0749, CVE-2006-1724, et al.)
multiple critical Firefox, Mozilla vulnerabilities (CVE-2006-0749, CVE-2006-1724, et al.)
Red Hat has issued RHSA:2006-0328-01 for Firefox
releasing firefox-1.0.8-1.4.1.
"Critical: Firefox security update
...
"Updated firefox packages that fix several security bugs are now available.
"This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team. ...
"Several bugs were found in the way Firefox processes malformed javascript.
A malicious web page could modify the content of a different open web page,
possibly stealing sensitive information or conducting a cross-site
scripting attack. (CVE-2006-1731, CVE-2006-1732, CVE-2006-1741)
"Several bugs were found in the way Firefox processes certain javascript
actions. A malicious web page could execute ar
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
bugzilla·2006-04-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
Igor Bukanov has audited the JavaScript engine for routines that use
temporary variables not protected against garbage-collection. If malicious
content could cause garbage-collection to run during the lifetime of these
temporaries then the original routine would end up operating on freed
memory.
The risk appears remote, but this type of memory corruption could
potentially be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code including the
installation of malware.
Note: Thunderbird shares the JavaScript engine with Firefox and could be
vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default
setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.
Workaround
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
bugzilla·2006-04-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
Igor Bukanov has audited the JavaScript engine for routines that use
temporary variables not protected against garbage-collection. If malicious
content could cause garbage-collection to run during the lifetime of these
temporaries then the original routine would end up operating on freed
memory.
The risk appears remote, but this type of memory corruption could
potentially be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code including the
installation of malware.
Note: Thunderbird shares the JavaScript engine with Firefox and could be
vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default
setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.
Workaround
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
bugzilla·2006-04-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
Igor Bukanov has audited the JavaScript engine for routines that use
temporary variables not protected against garbage-collection. If malicious
content could cause garbage-collection to run during the lifetime of these
temporaries then the original routine would end up operating on freed
memory.
The risk appears remote, but this type of memory corruption could
potentially be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code including the
installation of malware.
Note: Thunderbird shares the JavaScript engine with Firefox and could be
vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default
setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.
Workaround
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
bugzilla·2006-04-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
Igor Bukanov has audited the JavaScript engine for routines that use
temporary variables not protected against garbage-collection. If malicious
content could cause garbage-collection to run during the lifetime of these
temporaries then the original routine would end up operating on freed
memory.
The risk appears remote, but this type of memory corruption could
potentially be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code including the
installation of malware.
Note: Thunderbird shares the JavaScript engine with Firefox and could be
vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default
setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.
Workaround
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
bugzilla·2006-04-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
Igor Bukanov has audited the JavaScript engine for routines that use
temporary variables not protected against garbage-collection. If malicious
content could cause garbage-collection to run during the lifetime of these
temporaries then the original routine would end up operating on freed
memory.
The risk appears remote, but this type of memory corruption could
potentially be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code including the
installation of malware.
Note: Thunderbird shares the JavaScript engine with Firefox and could be
vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default
setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.
Workaround
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
bugzilla·2006-04-13·CVSS 5.0
CVE-2006-1742 [MEDIUM] CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
CVE-2006-1742 JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
JavaScript garbage-collection hazard audit
Igor Bukanov has audited the JavaScript engine for routines that use
temporary variables not protected against garbage-collection. If malicious
content could cause garbage-collection to run during the lifetime of these
temporaries then the original routine would end up operating on freed
memory.
The risk appears remote, but this type of memory corruption could
potentially be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code including the
installation of malware.
Note: Thunderbird shares the JavaScript engine with Firefox and could be
vulnerable if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail. This is not the default
setting and we strongly discourage users from running JavaScript in mail.
Workaround
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