CVE-2006-1742
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CVE-2006-1742 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not properly handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.. EPSS estimates a 3.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 does not properly handle temporary variables that are not garbage collected, which might allow remote attackers to trigger operations on freed memory and cause memory corruption.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mozilla | Firefox | <= 1.0.7 | — |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0 | — |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.1 | — |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.2 | — |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.3 | — |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.4 | — |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.5 | — |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 1.0.6 | — |
| Mozilla | Firefox | 1.5 | — |
| Mozilla | Mozilla Suite | <= 1.7.12 | — |
| Mozilla | Mozilla Suite | 1.7.6 | — |
| Mozilla | Mozilla Suite | 1.7.7 | — |
| Mozilla | Mozilla Suite | 1.7.8 | — |
| Mozilla | Mozilla Suite | 1.7.10 | — |
| Mozilla | Mozilla Suite | 1.7.11 | — |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | <= 1.0 | Beta |
| Mozilla | Seamonkey | 1.0 | — |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | <= 1.0.7 | — |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0 | — |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.1 | — |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.2 | — |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.3 | — |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.4 | — |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.5 | — |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.0.6 | — |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird | 1.5 | — |
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492382US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/492382US Government Resource
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