CVE-2006-4565

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Heap-based buffer overflow in 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) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a JavaScript regular expression with a "minimal quantifier."

Desbordamiento de bufer en Mozilla Firefox anterior a 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird anterior 1.5.0.7, y SeaMonkey anterior 1.0.5 permite a un atacante remoto provocar denegación de servicio (crash) y la posibilidad de ejecutar código de su elección a través de expresiones regulares de JavaScript con una "cuantificación mínima".

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-09-06 CVE Reserved
2006-09-15 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (60)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/21915	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21916	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21939	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21940	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21950	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22001	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22025	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22055	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22056	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22074	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22088	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22195	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22210	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22247	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22274	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22299	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22342	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22391	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22422	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22849	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24711	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016846	Vdb Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016847	Vdb Entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016848	Vdb Entry
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-224.htm	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446140/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20042	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3617	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3748	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1198	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28955	Vdb Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-640	X_refsource_confirm
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11421	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/21906	2018-10-17
http://secunia.com/advisories/21949	2018-10-17
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0676.html	2018-10-17
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0677.html	2018-10-17

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc	2018-10-17
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-19.xml	2018-10-17
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-01.xml	2018-10-17
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-04.xml	2018-10-17
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1192	2018-10-17
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1210	2018-10-17
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:168	2018-10-17
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:169	2018-10-17
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-57.html	2018-10-17
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_54_mozilla.html	2018-10-17
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0675.html	2018-10-17
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-350-1	2018-10-17
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-351-1	2018-10-17
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-352-1	2018-10-17
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-354-1	2018-10-17
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-361-1	2018-10-17
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1191	2018-10-17
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00771742	2018-10-17
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4565	2006-09-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618191	2006-09-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 1.5.0.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 1.5.0.6"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				<= 1.0.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " <= 1.0.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				<= 1.5.0.6 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 1.5.0.6"		-		Affected