CVE-2006-3803

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    CVE-2006-3803

    Published: 27 Jul 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Race condition in the JavaScript garbage collection in Mozilla Firefox 1.5 before 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing the garbage collector to delete a temporary variable while it is still being used during the creation of a new Function object.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/19873, http://secunia.com/advisories/21216, http://secunia.com/advisories/21228, http://secunia.com/advisories/21229, http://secunia.com/advisories/21243, http://secunia.com/advisories/21246, http://secunia.com/advisories/21250, http://secunia.com/advisories/21262, http://secunia.com/advisories/21269, http://secunia.com/advisories/21270, http://secunia.com/advisories/21275, http://secunia.com/advisories/21336, http://secunia.com/advisories/21343, http://secunia.com/advisories/21358, http://secunia.com/advisories/21361, http://secunia.com/advisories/21529, http://secunia.com/advisories/21532, http://secunia.com/advisories/21607, http://secunia.com/advisories/21631, http://secunia.com/advisories/22055, http://secunia.com/advisories/22065, http://secunia.com/advisories/22066, http://secunia.com/advisories/22210, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-02.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-04.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/265964, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_48_seamonkey.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2998, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083, http://secunia.com/advisories/19873, http://secunia.com/advisories/21216, http://secunia.com/advisories/21228, http://secunia.com/advisories/21229, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19181, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016586, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016587, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016588, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200608-03.xml, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/265964, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-48.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0608.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441333/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-208A.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27984, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-536, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-537, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10635, https://usn.ubuntu.com/327-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/329-1/

    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