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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-6499 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102846-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427972 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1124 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6499
NVD Published Date:
12/19/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.