5.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-2778
Mozilla Firefox Thunderbird Certificate Authority Code Execution
Description

The crypto.signText function in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain optional Certificate Authority name arguments, which causes an invalid array index and triggers a buffer overflow.

INFO

Published Date :

June 2, 2006, 6:02 p.m.

Last Modified :

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

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-2778 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
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-2006-2778.

URL Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532
http://secunia.com/advisories/21607
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102763-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421529 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-38.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0058
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26849
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9703
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532
http://secunia.com/advisories/21607
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102763-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421529 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-38.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0058
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26849
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9703
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-2778 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-2778 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • 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/1/446657/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/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-323-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-296-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-296-2 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-297-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-297-3 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/ [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:9703 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9703 [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/26849 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26849 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 05, 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-2006-2778 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-2006-2778 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

41.95 }} -3.46%

score

0.97273

percentile

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