CVE - CVE-2006-5159

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-5159	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
DISPUTED Stack-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving JavaScript. NOTE: the vendor and original researchers have released a follow-up comment disputing the severity of this issue, in which the researcher states that "we mentioned that there was a previously known Firefox vulnerability that could result in a stack overflow ending up in remote code execution. However, the code we presented did not in fact do this... I have not succeeded in making this code do anything more than cause a crash and eat up system resources".
References
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BID:20282 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20282 BID:20294 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20294 BUGTRAQ:20061001 0day in Firefox from ToorCon '06 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447497/100/0/threaded BUGTRAQ:20061001 zero-day flaws in Firefox: about 30 unpatched Firefox flaws URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447493/100/0/threaded MISC:http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/index.php/2006/10/02/update-possible-vulnerability-reported-at-toorcon/ MISC:http://www.securitypronews.com/insiderreports/insider/spn-49-20061003FirefoxVulnerabilityClaimWasAJoke.html SECTRACK:1016962 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016962 SREASON:1678 URL:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1678 XF:firefox-multiple-javascript-bo(29317) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29317
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20061003	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20061003)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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