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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-2778

The crypto.signText function in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain optional Certificate Authority name arguments, which causes an invalid array index and triggers a buffer overflow.

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 4.91%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The crypto.signText function in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain optional Certificate Authority name arguments, which causes an invalid array index and triggers a buffer overflow.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
4.91% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.