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CVE-2006-6498 Detail

Current Description

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
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 Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html Vendor Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html Vendor Advisory 
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 US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447772 US Government Resource 
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 US Government Resource 
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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6498
NVD Published Date:
12/19/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/17/2018
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.