Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2006-6499
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (90.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.039 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 5.10, 6.06, 6.10
- Debian Linux — versions 3.1, 4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secunia.com/advisories/23672 (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/24078 (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23692 (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23282 (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-6499?
- CVE-2006-6499 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). Published 2006-12-20.
- Is CVE-2006-6499 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.