CVE-2006-6497

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    CVE-2006-6497

    Published: 20 Dec 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the layout 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, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors.

    References: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc, 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/23598, 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/24948, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml, 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.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011, 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.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1463, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083, http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297, http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338, http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742, http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398, http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405, http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102885-1, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml, 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/606260, 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.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11691

    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