FKIE_CVE-2006-4565
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-09-15 18:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:29
Severity
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a JavaScript regular expression with a "minimal quantifier."
References
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