CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-2788

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A double free vulnerability in the getRawDER function for nsIX509Cert in Firefox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript code.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential remote code execution, which could lead to system compromise or browser disruption.

Recommendation

Immediately update Firefox to a version that fixes this vulnerability and restrict execution of untrusted JavaScript code.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Double free vulnerability in the getRawDER function for nsIX509Cert in Firefox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain Javascript code.

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