CVE-2006-6499
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
The js_dtoa function in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 overwrites memory instead of exiting when the floating point precision is reduced, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via any plugins that reduce the precision.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-835
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6482)
- Published
- December 20, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6482 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- mozilla / firefox
- mozilla / seamonkey
- mozilla / thunderbird
References
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23282(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23420(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23422(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23545(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23589(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23591(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23614(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23672(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23692(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23988(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24078(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24390(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-02.xml(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017398(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017405(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017406(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102846-1(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1253(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1258(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/427972(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1124(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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