CVE-2006-2778

NameCVE-2006-2778
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1118, DSA-1120, DSA-1134-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
firefox (PTS)sid124.0.1-1fixed
thunderbird (PTS)buster1:91.12.0-1~deb10u1fixed
buster (security)1:115.9.0-1~deb10u1fixed
bullseye1:115.7.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1:115.9.0-1~deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:115.7.0-1~deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1:115.9.0-1~deb12u1fixed
trixie1:115.7.0-1fixed
sid1:115.9.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
firefoxsource(unstable)1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.4-1high
mozillasourcesarge2:1.7.8-1sarge7.1DSA-1118
mozillasource(unstable)2:1.7.13-0.3high
mozilla-firefoxsourcesarge1.0.4-2sarge9DSA-1120
mozilla-thunderbirdsourcesarge1.0.2-2.sarge1.0.8aDSA-1134-1
thunderbirdsource(unstable)1.5.0.4-1high
xulrunnersource(unstable)1.8.0.4-1high

Notes

MFSA-2006-38

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