CVE-2006-2777

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.4 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the nsISelectionPrivate interface of the Selection object to add a SelectionListener and create notifications that are executed in a privileged context.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 35.10% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748	vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561	third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/237257	patch third party advisory us government resource
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26853	vdb entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0058	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded	vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120	vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-43.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183	third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102763-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20394	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106	vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2777?: CVE-2006-2777 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2777?: To fix CVE-2006-2777, 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-2006-2777 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-2777 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~35% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.