The crypto.signText function in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.9% · top 7.9% 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 (55)

• 20709 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21176 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:145 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• USN-297-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-296-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-323-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 20561 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA06-153A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 21210 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0594 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 21336 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20382 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1016214 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 20060602 rPSA-2006-0091-1 firefox thunderbird (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• ADV-2006-3749 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0610 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 20376 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0609 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 21178 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1016202 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 21607 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-38.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 18228 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 21532 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21270 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 21188 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21134 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSRT061181 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• SSRT061236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• USN-296-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• GLSA-200606-21 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• DSA-1118 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-1120 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• mozilla-crypto-signtext-bo(26849) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• DSA-1134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• GLSA-200606-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 21324 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21183 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 102763 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 22066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 21269 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2006:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-297-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2006:0578 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2006-2106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDKSA-2006:143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 22065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• VU#421529 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_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, 17:58 UTC.