Vulnerability Note VU#466673

Overview

Mozilla contains several memory corruption vulnerabilities. This may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Description

Mozilla team members have discovered multiple vulnerabilities that cause the browser engine to crash. In certain circumstances, these vulnerabilities may allow arbitrary code execution. Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird are reported to be vulnerable.

Impact

By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document (e.g., a web page, an HTML email message, or an HTML email attachment), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user.

Solution

Apply an update Refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-32 for fixed versions of Mozilla products.

Disable JavaScript This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling JavaScript.

Systems Affected (Learn More)

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Mozilla, Inc.	Affected	-	02 Jun 2006

If you are a vendor and your product is affected, let us know.

CVSS Metrics (Learn More)

Group	Score	Vector
Base	N/A	N/A
Temporal	N/A	N/A
Environmental	N/A	N/A

References

• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-32.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18228

Credit

Thanks to the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

• CVE IDs: CVE-2006-2779
• Date Public: 01 Jun 2006
• Date First Published: 02 Jun 2006
• Date Last Updated: 09 Feb 2007
• Severity Metric: 8.03
• Document Revision: 15