CVE-2006-5462

N/A
Published: November 8, 2006 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorFirefoxThunderbirdSeamonkey

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.8, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.6, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle extra data in a signature, which allows remote attackers to forge signatures for SSL/TLS and email certificates. NOTE: this identifier is for unpatched product versions that were originally intended to be addressed by CVE-2006-4340.

Affected

References (54)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/22066
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22722
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/22727
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/22737

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

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