CVE-2006-2781

Description

Double free vulnerability in nsVCard.cpp in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a VCard that contains invalid base64 characters.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 7.24% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/ vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26850 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214 vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21607 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10247 vdb entry signature
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20394 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-40.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2781?
CVE-2006-2781 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2781?
To fix CVE-2006-2781, 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-2006-2781 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2781 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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