CVE-2006-3804

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a VCard attachment with a malformed base64 field, which copies more data than expected due to an integer underflow.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 18.15% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory securityfocus.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory sgi.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0608.html	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-02.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19181	vdb entry patch
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-208A.html	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/22055	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2998	vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27985	vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-49.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21529	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0058	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11395	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016588	vdb entry
https://usn.ubuntu.com/329-1/	vendor advisory
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/21607	third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/897540	third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/21262	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21275	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21246	third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_48_seamonkey.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21229	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016587	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21228	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21250	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1	vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102763-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21358	third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-537
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269	third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-04.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21343	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065	third party advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060703-01-U.asc	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-3804?: CVE-2006-3804 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-3804?: To fix CVE-2006-3804, 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-2006-3804 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-3804 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~18% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.