# CVE-2006-6500: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-12-20 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## 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

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23598
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23692
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23282
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23422
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017400
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23614
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0083
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23420
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017401
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_80_mozilla.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23545
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017399
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-03.xml
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/722244
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_06_mozilla.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-69.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:011

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