CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1730

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number in the CSS letter-spacing property, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is remote code execution without authentication, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite, or SeaMonkey to patched versions as per official vendor advisories.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5.0.2 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large number in the CSS letter-spacing property that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS