CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1737

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary bytecode via JavaScript with a large regular expression.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes the possibility of remote code execution, which could lead to system compromise or data leakage. Additionally, the attack can cause browser crashes, disrupting user productivity.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite, and SeaMonkey to versions without this vulnerability. Consider restricting JavaScript execution from untrusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary bytecode via JavaScript with a large regular expression.

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