CVE-2006-5159 — HIGH (7.5) — White Hats Nepal

Vulnerability 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"

CVSS Score

7.5

HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality

PARTIAL

Integrity

PARTIAL

Availability

PARTIAL

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	0.8

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2006-5159?

CVE-2006-5159 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). 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 ...

How severe is CVE-2006-5159?

CVE-2006-5159 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2006-5159?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Mozilla Firefox.