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CVE-2006-5159 Details

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving JavaScript. NOTE: the vendor and original researchers have released a follow-up comment disputing the severity of this issue, in which the researcher states that "we mentioned that there was a previously known Firefox vulnerability that could result in a stack overflow ending up in remote code execution. However, the code we presented did not in fact do this... I have not succeeded in making this code do anything more than cause a crash and eat up system resources"

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/10/02/update-possible-vulnerability-reported-at-toorcon/ CVE
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1678 CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016962 CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29317 CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447493/100/0/threaded CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
0.8
0.9
0.9 rc
0.9.1
0.9.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9:rc:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:2.0:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:preview_release:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5159
NVD Published Date:
Oct 5, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]