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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…
Medium6.8EPSS 8.6%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.6% · top 4.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (25)
- 21668 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 23672 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5068 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23598 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 23282 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23422 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- HPSBUX02153 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 1017400 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 23614 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0083 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017401 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:080 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 23545 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017399 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- TA06-354A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- VU#722244 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-200701-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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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