CVE-2006-6505

Published: Dec 20, 2006Modified: Apr 23, 2026

6.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Mozilla: Seamonkey, Thunderbird

Mozilla

2 products

Seamonkey

Thunderbird

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Seamonkey	Up to 1.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird	Up to 1.5.0.8

References (82)

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc (unsafe URL)

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23420

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23422

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23433

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23439

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23468

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23514

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23545

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23591

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23598

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23601

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23618

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23672

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/23692

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/24108

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/24390

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017419

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017420

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102800-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887332

Source: secalert@redhat.com

US Government Resource

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0573

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11565

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc (unsafe URL)