CVE-2006-2778

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 1.5.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 1.5.0.3

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0609.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20376
http://secunia.com/advisories/20382
http://secunia.com/advisories/20561
http://secunia.com/advisories/20709
http://secunia.com/advisories/21134
http://secunia.com/advisories/21176
http://secunia.com/advisories/21178
http://secunia.com/advisories/21183
http://secunia.com/advisories/21188
http://secunia.com/advisories/21210
http://secunia.com/advisories/21269

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