Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6500
CVE-2006-6500
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.
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Affected products
11cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=1.5,<1.5.0.9
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0.0.1, < 1.5.0.9
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.0.7
- (no CPE)range: < 1.0.7
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <1.5.0.9
- (no CPE)range: < 1.5.0.9
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
25- secunia.com/advisories/23282nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23420nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23422nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23545nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23598nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23614nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23672nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23692nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.htmlnvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvdThird Party Advisory
- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jspnvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.htmlnvdBroken Link
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