Overview
The Mozilla JavaScript engine contains multiple integer overflows. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Description
Mozilla products that use the Mozilla JavaScript engine are vulnerable to integer overflows. Specifically, the JavaScript toSource() fails to properly handle malformed strings. For more information and a complete list of affected products refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-50. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. The attacker could also cause the vulnerable application to crash. |
Solution
Apply an update |
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Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-50.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336409
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336410
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338001
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338121
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342960
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19873/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21216/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19181
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-50. Mozilla credits Georgi Guninski with reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-3806 |
| Severity Metric: | 19.24 |
| Date Public: | 2006-07-25 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-07-27 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2007-02-09 14:03 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 12 |