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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-6498 · published 20 December 2006

CVE-2006-6498: Mozilla firefox vulnerability

Mozilla · Firefox

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine for Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, SeaMonkey before 1.0.7, and Mozilla 1.7 and probably earlier on Solaris, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown impact and attack vectors.

6.8 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 4.4% · top 8.5%
6.8CVSS 2.0 base score
4.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
106References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine for Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, SeaMonkey before 1.0.7, and Mozilla 1.7 and probably earlier on Solaris, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown impact and attack vectors.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23282 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23433 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23439 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23440 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23468 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23514 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23589 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23591 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23601 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23614 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23618 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23988 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24078 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24390 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25556 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102955-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427972 US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/447772 US Government Resource
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-6498), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-11-14). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.