CVE-2006-6498 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities within the JavaScript engine of various Mozilla products, including Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, and Mozilla 1.7 and earlier versions on Solaris. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to trigger a denial of service through memory corruption and crashes, with the potential for arbitrary code execution via unknown attack vectors. The CVSS score of 6.8 indicates a medium severity, with a network attack vector, medium attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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