CVE-2006-6501
N/A
Published: December 20, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFirefox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability 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 gain privileges and install malicious code via the watch Javascript function.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%1.5 ≤ v < 1.5.0.92.0 ≤ v < 2.0.0.1
Affected range stops below 1.5.0.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.0.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.0.7
Affected range stops below 1.0.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 1.5.0.9
Affected range stops below 1.5.0.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (53)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGIBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061202-01-P.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2297Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2338Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c00771742Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0758.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0759.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0760.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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