CVE-2006-0292

Description

The Javascript interpreter (jsinterp.c) in Mozilla and Firefox before 1.5.1 does not properly dereference objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to garbage collection.

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 10.39% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:036 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24430 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:037 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19780 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=316885 patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/19821 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10016 vdb entry signature
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19230 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18704 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/19823 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18709 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/ vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18705 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16476 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0413 vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015570 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19746 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18700 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19759 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0200.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A670 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/18706 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:078 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0199.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20051 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425978/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-01.html
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060201-01-U vendor advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18708 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425975/100/0/threaded vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19852 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_25.html vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-09.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/18703 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19950 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0292?
CVE-2006-0292 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0292?
To fix CVE-2006-0292, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0292 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-0292 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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