CVE-2006-2788

Public Exploit

Description

Double free vulnerability in the getRawDER function for nsIX509Cert in Firefox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain Javascript code.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.29% 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-2006:145 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-361-1 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321598 patch exploit
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22247 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1191 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1210 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22849 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11065 vdb entry signature
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1192 vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22342 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22299 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2788?
CVE-2006-2788 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2788?
To fix CVE-2006-2788, 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-2006-2788 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2788 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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