# CVE-2006-6502: Use-after-free vulnerability in the LiveConnect bridge code for Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before

- 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

Use-after-free vulnerability in the LiveConnect bridge code for 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) via unknown vectors.

## What to do

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23433
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:010
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23439
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23672
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5068
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23468
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23598
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1265
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24078
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23692
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-398-2
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200701-04.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23282
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24390
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017413
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23422
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23591
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017412
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23614
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-71.html

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