CVE-2006-5462
Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.8, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.6, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle extra data in a signature, which allows remote attackers to forge signatures for SSL/TLS and email certificates. NOTE: this identifier is for unpatched product versions that were originally intended to be addressed by CVE-2006-4340.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5447)
- Published
- November 8, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5447 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / network security services
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
- mozilla / thunderbird
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0733.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0734.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0735.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22722(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22727
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22763
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22770(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22815
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22817
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22965
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22980
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23009
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23013
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23197
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23202
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23235
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23287
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23297
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23883
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24711
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-06.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-07.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-08.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017180
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017181
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017182
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102781-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-246.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1224
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1225
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1227
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/335392(Patch, US Government Resource)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:205
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:206
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-60.html(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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