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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-4565

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a JavaScript regular expression…

HIGH 9.3EPSS 6.06%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a JavaScript regular expression with a "minimal quantifier."

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
6.06% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

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