# CVE-2006-1742: 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 b

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-04-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/275-1/
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11808
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0330.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19902
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1087
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060404-01-U.asc
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-10.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/276-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/438730/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19941
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19780
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-12.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19862
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:075
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-205.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19823
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1051
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00153.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/271-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19714
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0329.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-18.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19811

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