Integer Overflow Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird
CVE-2006-1737

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Mozilla
Status
Firefox
Thunderbird
Seamonkey
Mozilla Suite
Vendor
CVE Published:
14 April 2006

Summary

An integer overflow vulnerability affects multiple versions of Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Javascript in Mozilla Suite, and SeaMonkey. By exploiting this flaw, remote attackers can leverage specially crafted JavaScript containing large regular expressions, leading to a denial of service through application crashes. In some scenarios, this vulnerability might also allow execution of arbitrary bytecode, further compromising user systems. It is crucial to keep all affected products up to date to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25808
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

EPSS Score

26% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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