FKIE_CVE-2006-2778
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-06-02 18:02 - Updated: 2026-04-16 00:27
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * |
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