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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (50)

• USN-275-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11808 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 19902 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1087 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-10.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-276-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• HPSBUX02122 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 19941 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0328 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-200604-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 21622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19862 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:075 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 19823 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• DSA-1051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• FEDORA-2006-410 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-271-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 19714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-200604-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 19811 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19794 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21033 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 102550 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 19696 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FLSA:189137-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• mozilla-garbage-memory-corruption(25807) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1356 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 19729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• VU#492382 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 20051 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19863 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FLSA:189137-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 228526 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• FEDORA-2006-411 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 19852 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19721 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• GLSA-200605-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 19631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 19950 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:076 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• DSA-1046 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-1044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:19 UTC.