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 :
Oct. 9, 2019, 10:51 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
8.6
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2006-6500
vulnerability.
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CVE-2006-6500 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.
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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
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-6500 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-2006-6500
weaknesses.
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