CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-2780

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before version 1.5.0.4 in the 'jsstr tagify' function allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code through memory corruption.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization includes potential remote code execution, which could lead to system compromise, data theft, or service disruption.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird to version 1.5.0.4 or later, which fixes this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via "jsstr tagify," which leads to memory corruption.

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