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CVE-2006-0293 Detail

Description

The function allocation code (js_NewFunction in jsfun.c) in Firefox 1.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via user-defined methods that trigger garbage collection in a way that operates on freed objects.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/18700 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18704 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/19862 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/19863 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/19902 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/19941 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/21622 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015570 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102550-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-228526-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1044 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1046 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-01.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16476 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0413 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3391 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322045 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24430 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42654 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1494 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-0293
NVD Published Date:
02/02/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.