Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6505
CVE-2006-6505
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) external message modies with long Content-Type headers or (2) long RFC2047-encoded (MIME non-ASCII) headers.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.0.6
- (no CPE)range: <1.0.7
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=1.5.0.8
- (no CPE)range: <1.5.0.9
Patches
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References
41- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887332nvdUS Government Resource
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.ascnvd
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297nvd
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23420nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23422nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23433nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23439nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23468nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23514nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23545nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23591nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23598nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23601nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23618nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23672nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/23692nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24108nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24390nvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xmlnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0573nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11565nvd
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