CVE-2006-4566

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed JavaScript regular expression that ends with a backslash in an unterminated character set ("[\\"), which leads to a buffer over-read.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 19.75% Top 5%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016847	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22391	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0676.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/141528	third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9637	vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/22055	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22195	third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-57.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-352-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21950	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-351-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22025	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22056	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22247	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:168	vendor advisory
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1191	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22210	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1210	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24711	third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xml	vendor advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/22849	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083	vdb entry
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21939	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016848	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3617	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21915	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1198	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0677.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1192	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xml	vendor advisory
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22274	third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21940	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20042	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22001	third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21906	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-01.xml	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22074	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22088	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21949	third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.html	vendor advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036	third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016846	vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22422	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28958	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/22299	third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:169	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21916	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4566?: CVE-2006-4566 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4566?: To fix CVE-2006-4566, 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-2006-4566 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-4566 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~20% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.