CVE-2006-1742

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    CVE-2006-1742

    Published: 14 Apr 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/19631, http://secunia.com/advisories/19696, http://secunia.com/advisories/19714, http://secunia.com/advisories/19721, http://secunia.com/advisories/19729, http://secunia.com/advisories/19746, http://secunia.com/advisories/19759, http://secunia.com/advisories/19780, http://secunia.com/advisories/19794, http://secunia.com/advisories/19811, http://secunia.com/advisories/19823, http://secunia.com/advisories/19852, http://secunia.com/advisories/19862, http://secunia.com/advisories/19863, http://secunia.com/advisories/19902, http://secunia.com/advisories/19941, http://secunia.com/advisories/19950, http://secunia.com/advisories/20051, http://secunia.com/advisories/21033, http://secunia.com/advisories/21622, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:076, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1356, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt, http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Apr/0003.html, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492382, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-10.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00154.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436296/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436338/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25807, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1087, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11808, https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/

    Affected packages

    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