6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-6505
Mozilla Thunderbird Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) external message modies with long Content-Type headers or (2) long RFC2047-encoded (MIME non-ASCII) headers.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Oct. 17, 2018, 9:48 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-6505 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 thunderbird
2 Mozilla seamonkey
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-2006-6505.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422
http://secunia.com/advisories/23433
http://secunia.com/advisories/23439
http://secunia.com/advisories/23468
http://secunia.com/advisories/23514
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
http://secunia.com/advisories/23591
http://secunia.com/advisories/23598
http://secunia.com/advisories/23601
http://secunia.com/advisories/23618
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692
http://secunia.com/advisories/24108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24390
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017419
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017420
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102800-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887332 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0573
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11565

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-6505 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-6505 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. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded [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:11565 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11565 [No Types Assigned]
  • 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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-6505 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-2006-6505 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

76.25 }} 1.31%

score

0.98109

percentile

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