CVE-2006-1742
The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not properly handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.88%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not properly handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.88% probability · 90th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/mozilla suite · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19631
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19696
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19721
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19794
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19811
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19852
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19862
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19863
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19902
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19950
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20051
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21033
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21622
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.