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firefox-esr — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6498

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine for Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, SeaMonkey before 1.0.7, and Mozilla 1.7 and probably earlier on Solaris, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown impact and attack vectors.

Products
firefox-esr
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
45.0esr-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-6498
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:15 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6498

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Dec 2006, 01:28 UTC

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine for Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, SeaMonkey before 1.0.7, and Mozilla 1.7 and probably earlier on Solaris, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown impact and attack vectors.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6498

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 45.0esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 45.0esr-1

firefox-esr

Fixed versions: 45.0esr-1

Complete source record
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