CVE-2006-6500

Publication date 20 December 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by setting the CSS cursor to certain images that cause an incorrect size calculation when converting to a Windows bitmap.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
iceape 7.10 gutsy
Fixed in 1.1.4-1ubuntu2
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.10 edgy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
mozilla-thunderbird 7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
xulrunner 7.10 gutsy
Fixed in 1.8.0.10-3ubuntu1
7.04 feisty
Fixed in 1.8.0.10-3ubuntu1
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

References

Other references

Access our resources on patching vulnerabilities