CVE-2006-6499

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

20/12/2006

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The js_dtoa function 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 overwrites memory instead of exiting when the floating point precision is reduced, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via any plugins that reduce the precision.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	1.5 (including)	1.5.0.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::	2.0 (including)	2.0.0.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::		1.0.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::		1.5.0.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:::::::*

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CVE-2006-6499

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools