CVE-2006-6500Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
37.5%
top 2.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 20
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by setting the CSS cursor to certain images that cause an incorrect size calculation when converting to a Windows bitmap.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDmozilla/firefox1.51.5.0.9+1
NVDmozilla/seamonkey< 1.0.7
NVDmozilla/thunderbird< 1.5.0.9

Also affects: Debian Linux 3.1, 4.0, Ubuntu Linux 5.10, 6.06, 6.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-59wr-4mm2-55f2: Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox 22022-05-01

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2006-6500: firefox - Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1...2006

💬Community

1
Bugzilla
seamonkey < 1.0.7 multiple vulnerabilities2006-12-21