CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
98.3%
A vulnerability exists in the Mozilla Layout Engine that may allow a remote attacker to compromise a vulnerable system.
The Mozilla Layout Engine contains an unspecified vulnerability that may result in memory corruption. The impact of this memory corruption is unclear. According to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-68:
Some of these were crashes that showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code with enough effort.
The specific consequences of this vulnerability are not clear, but may include execution of arbitrary code and denial of service.
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According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Update 2006-68, this vulnerability is addressed in Firefox 2.0.0.1, Firefox 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey 1.0.7.
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Updated: December 20, 2006
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We have not received a statement from the vendor.
The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.
Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-68.
If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23606260 Feedback>).
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This vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-68. Mozilla credits Andrew Miller, David Baron, Georgi Guninski, Jesse Ruderman, Olli Pettay and Vladimir Vukicevic with providing information about this issue.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-6497 |
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Severity Metric: | 4.13 Date Public: |
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