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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-2778 Detail

Description

The crypto.signText function in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain optional Certificate Authority name arguments, which causes an invalid array index and triggers a buffer overflow.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Solution

Fixed in: Firefox 1.5.0.4 Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 SeaMonkey 1.0.2

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21270 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21324 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21336 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21532 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21607 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/21631 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22065 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016202 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016214 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102763-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1118 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1120 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1134 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-12.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-21.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421529 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:143 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:145 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:146 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-38.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_35_mozilla.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0578.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0594.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0610.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0611.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435795/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446657/100/200/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446658/100/200/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-153A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2106 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3749 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0058 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26849 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9703 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-1/ CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/296-2/ CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-1/ CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/297-3/ CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/323-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2778
NVD Published Date:
06/02/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE