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CVE-2006-6500 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742 Broken Link 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017399 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017400 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017401 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244 Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html Broken Link 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6500
NVD Published Date:
12/19/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/09/2019
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.