Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6501
CVE-2006-6501
Description
Unspecified vulnerability 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 gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch Javascript function.
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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 (2.x), <1.5.0.9 (1.5.x)
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
53- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23282nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23420nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23422nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23433nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23439nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23440nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23468nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23514nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23545nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23589nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23591nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23598nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23601nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23614nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23618nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23672nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23692nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23988nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24078nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24390nvdThird 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.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265nvdThird Party Advisory
- 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/263412nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-70.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1nvdThird Party Advisory
- 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
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9746nvdThird Party Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.ascnvdBroken Link
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297nvdBroken Link
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338nvdBroken Link
- 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
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883nvdBroken Link
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threadednvd
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