CVE-2006-6499
Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey DOA Write-Override Vulnerability
Description
The js_dtoa function 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 overwrites memory instead of exiting when the floating point precision is reduced, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via any plugins that reduce the precision.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 20, 2006, 1:28 a.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 22, 2023, 6:49 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2006-6499
vulnerability.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 Third Party Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml Third Party Advisory http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 Third Party Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1124 Third Party Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1124 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Third Party Advisory http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other Added CWE NIST CWE-835 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 17, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427972 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427972 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1124 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1124 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102846-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102846-1 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html US Government Resource http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 No Types Assigned http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.5.0.8 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.0.6 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.5.0.8 OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.5 up to (excluding) 1.5.0.9 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0 up to (excluding) 2.0.0.1 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.0.7 *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.5.0.9 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 20, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-6499 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-2006-6499
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.00 }} -0.13%
score
0.88440
percentile