CVE-2006-6500

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by setting the CSS cursor to certain images that cause an incorrect size calculation when converting to a Windows bitmap.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 36.69% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23598 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 third party advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 vendor advisory broken link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017400 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017401 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html vendor advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017399 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html vendor advisory broken link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6500?
CVE-2006-6500 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6500?
To fix CVE-2006-6500, 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-2006-6500 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-6500 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~37% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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