CVE-2006-6505
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-6505 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2006-12-20 01:28:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Mozilla | Seamonkey | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Mozilla | Thunderbird | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Mozilla Seamonkey E-mail Header Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1265-1 mozilla | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | |
| Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SUSE update for mozilla - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Red Hat update for seamonkey - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo update for seamonkey - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | issues.rpath.com | |
| #102800: Security Vulnerabilities in Mozilla 1.7 for Solaris 8, 9 and 10 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| Security Announcement | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.novell.com | |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora Core 5 Update: thunderbird-1.5.0.9-2.fc5 | FedoraNEWS.ORG | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | fedoranews.org | |
| Ubuntu update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Security Announcement | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.novell.com | |
| US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#887332 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | US Government Resource |
| rPath update for thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: thunderbird-1.5.0.9-2.fc6 | FedoraNEWS.ORG | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | fedoranews.org | |
| Fedora update for thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Gentoo update for mozilla-thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| rPath update for firefox - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.asc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | patches.sgi.com | |
| Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird E-mail Header Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | securitytracker.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.gentoo.org | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| SUSE updates for MozillaFirefox and MozillaThunderbird - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian update for mozilla - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Red Hat update for thunderbird - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-354A -- Mozilla Addresses Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | US Government Resource |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Thunderbird: Multiple vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.gentoo.org | |
| usn/usn-400-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Sun Solaris Mozilla 1.7 Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| MFSA 2006-74: Mail header processing heap overflows | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mozilla.org | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.