5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-1742
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird SeaMonkey JavaScript Memory Corruption
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 14, 2006, 10:02 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:09 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-1742 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 thunderbird
3 Mozilla seamonkey
4 Mozilla mozilla_suite
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-1742.

URL Resource
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631
http://secunia.com/advisories/19696
http://secunia.com/advisories/19714
http://secunia.com/advisories/19721
http://secunia.com/advisories/19729
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759
http://secunia.com/advisories/19780
http://secunia.com/advisories/19794
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
http://secunia.com/advisories/19852
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492382 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-10.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25807
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1087
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11808
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631
http://secunia.com/advisories/19696
http://secunia.com/advisories/19714
http://secunia.com/advisories/19721
http://secunia.com/advisories/19729
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759
http://secunia.com/advisories/19780
http://secunia.com/advisories/19794
http://secunia.com/advisories/19811
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
http://secunia.com/advisories/19852
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492382 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-10.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25807
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1087
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11808
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-1742 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
    Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
    Added Reference http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19631
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19696
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19714
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19721
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19729
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19746
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19759
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19780
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19794
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19811
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19852
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19862
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19902
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/19950
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20051
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21033
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21622
    Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1
    Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1
    Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
    Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
    Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
    Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml
    Added Reference http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492382
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-10.html
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
    Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25807
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1087
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11808
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Oct. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-271-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-275-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-276-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1087 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11808 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11808 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1087 [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/25807 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25807 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 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-2006-1742 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-2006-1742 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

34.89 }} 27.22%

score

0.97129

percentile

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