CVE-2006-1531

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to DHTML. NOTE: due to the lack of sufficient public details from the vendor as of 20060413, it is unclear how CVE-2006-1529, CVE-2006-1530, CVE-2006-1531, and CVE-2006-1723 are different.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 29.14% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory sco.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-20.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748	permissions required vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749	permissions required vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21033	third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/350262	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083	permissions required vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=326834	issue tracking vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015921	vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19649	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863	third party advisory
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2006.26/SCOSA-2006.26.txt	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17516	vdb entry third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015919	vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015920	vdb entry third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2023	vdb entry third party advisory signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19631	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1531?: CVE-2006-1531 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1531?: To fix CVE-2006-1531, 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-2006-1531 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1531 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~29% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.