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thunderbird — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2778

The crypto.signText function in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain optional Certificate Authority name arguments, which causes an invalid array index and triggers a buffer overflow.

Products
thunderbird
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.5.0.4-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-2778
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2778

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Jun 2006, 18:02 UTC

The crypto.signText function in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain optional Certificate Authority name arguments, which causes an invalid array index and triggers a buffer overflow.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2778

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.4-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.4-1

thunderbird

Fixed versions: 1.5.0.4-1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:33.655568124Z",
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  "document_id": 410869,
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