Overview
A vulnerability exists in the Mozilla Layout Engine that may allow a remote attacker to compromise a vulnerable system.
Description
The Mozilla Layout Engine contains an unspecified vulnerability that may result in memory corruption. The impact of this memory corruption is unclear. According to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-68: Some of these were crashes that showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code with enough effort. |
Impact
The specific consequences of this vulnerability are not clear, but may include execution of arbitrary code and denial of service. |
Solution
Apply an update According to the Mozilla Foundation Security Update 2006-68, this vulnerability is addressed in Firefox 2.0.0.1, Firefox 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey 1.0.7. |
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References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-68.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=322345
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=335047
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=339494
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=348304
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=354766
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=359203
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360293
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=360642
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23420/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23591/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23598/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23439/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23514/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23545/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23601/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23614/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23618/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23692/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23988/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23420/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23591/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23598/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-68. Mozilla credits Andrew Miller, David Baron, Georgi Guninski, Jesse Ruderman, Olli Pettay and Vladimir Vukicevic with providing information about this issue.
This document was written by Chris Taschner.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-6497 |
| Severity Metric: | 4.13 |
| Date Public: | 2006-12-19 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-12-20 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2007-02-07 18:43 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 34 |