CVE-2006-5462 describes a vulnerability in the Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library, affecting Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey versions prior to 1.5.0.8 and 1.0.6 respectively. When using an RSA key with exponent 3, the NSS library improperly handles extra data in signatures, enabling remote attackers to forge SSL/TLS and email certificates. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a medium severity risk with a network attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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