CVE-2006-5159

N/A Unknown
Published: October 05, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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"

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1678
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016962
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447493/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/447497/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20282
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20294
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29317
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla