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    CVE-2006-6498

    Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine for Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, SeaMonkey before 1.0.7, and Mozilla 1.7 and probably earlier on Solaris, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown impact and attack vectors.

    Published:Dec 19, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 20, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.11214
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Firefox
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Mozilla
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Seamonkey
    Vendor
    Mozilla
    Product
    Thunderbird
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc
    http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297
    http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23282
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23420
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23422
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23433
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23439
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23440
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23468
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23514
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23589
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23591
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23601
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23614
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23618
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23692
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23988
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24078
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25556
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102955-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427972
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447772
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2106
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10661
    ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc
    http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297
    http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23282
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23420
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23422
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23433
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23439
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23440
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23468
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23514
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23589
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23591
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23601
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23614
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23618
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23692
    http://secunia.com/advisories/23988
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24078
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24390
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25556
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406
    http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102955-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258
    http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427972
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447772
    http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1
    http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2106
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10661

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High