National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6500

Overview

Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by setting the CSS cursor to certain images that cause an incorrect size calculation when converting to a Windows bitmap.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA06-354A

Name: TA06-354A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#722244

Name: VU#722244

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244

External Source: BID

Name: 21668

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:006

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:080

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200701-04

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200701-03

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-5068

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/5068

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017401

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017401

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017400

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017400

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017399

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017399

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200701-02

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23692

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23692

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23672

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23672

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23614

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23614

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23598

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23598

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23545

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23545

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23422

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23422

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23420

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23420

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23282

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23282

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:011

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:010

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:011

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:010

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0083

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/0083

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT061181

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742