CVE-2006-6500
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.56%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.56% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 8.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23282Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23420Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23422Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23545Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23598Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23614Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23672Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23692Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017399Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017400Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017401Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083Third Party Advisory
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23282Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23420Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23422Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23545Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.