Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-4566
CVE-2006-4566
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed JavaScript regular expression that ends with a backslash in an unterminated character set ("[\\"), which leads to a buffer over-read.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.0.6
- (no CPE)range: <1.5.0.7
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.0.4
- (no CPE)range: <1.0.5
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.0.6
- (no CPE)range: <1.5.0.7
Patches
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References
57- secunia.com/advisories/21906nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/21949nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0676.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0677.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-57.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/141528nvdUS Government Resource
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.ascnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21915nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21916nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21939nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21940nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21950nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22001nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22025nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22036nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22055nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22056nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22066nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22074nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22088nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22195nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22210nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22247nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22274nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22299nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22391nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22422nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22849nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24711nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-01.xmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1192nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1210nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20042nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-351-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-352-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1nvd
- www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1191nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3617nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1198nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvd
- www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.donvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28958nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9637nvd
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