CVE-2006-6505

N/A Unknown
Published: December 20, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) external message modies with long Content-Type headers or (2) long RFC2047-encoded (MIME non-ASCII) headers.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23433
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23439
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23468
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23514
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23591
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23598
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23601
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23618
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24108
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24390
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017419
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017420
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887332
Source: secalert@redhat.com
US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
US Government Resource
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23420
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23422
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23433
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23439
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23468
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23514
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23591
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23598
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23601
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23618
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/23692
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24390
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017419
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017420
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102800-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/887332
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-74.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455145/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455728/100/200/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-400-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0573
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-883
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

82 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
29.4%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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