6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-6500
Mozilla Firefox Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 20, 2006, 1:28 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:22 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-6500 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
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
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-2006-6500.

URL Resource
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017399 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017400 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017401 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Third Party Advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017399 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017400 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017401 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Third Party Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244 US Government Resource http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017401 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017401 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1017400 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017400 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html No Types Assigned http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html Vendor Advisory
    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.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml No Types Assigned http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml Third Party Advisory
    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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 Third Party Advisory
    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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 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://secunia.com/advisories/23598 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 Third Party 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://securitytracker.com/id?1017399 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1017399 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 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
    Removed CWE NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE CWE-119
    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:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration 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: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
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.
Exploit Prediction

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

23.75 }} 8.64%

score

0.96115

percentile

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