Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

MFSA2006-01 Thunderbird: JavaScript garbage-collection hazards (CVE-2006-0292)

Free InsightVM Trial No credit card necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

MFSA2006-01 Thunderbird: JavaScript garbage-collection hazards (CVE-2006-0292)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/02/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/21/2013
Modified
10/05/2018

Description

The Javascript interpreter (jsinterp.c) in Mozilla and Firefox before 1.5.1 does not properly dereference objects, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to garbage collection.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-1_0_8
  • mozilla-thunderbird-upgrade-1_5_0_2

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;