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CVE-2006-2788
Double free vulnerability in the getRawDER function for nsIX509Cert in Firefox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang)…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Double free vulnerability in the getRawDER function for nsIX509Cert in Firefox allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain Javascript code.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References23
- MDKSA-2006:145 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-296-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-361-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321598 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0594 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 21336 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0610 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 22247 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1191 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0609 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-1210 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 22849 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21532 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21270 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21631 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11065 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-1192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 22342 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21269 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0578 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:143 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 22299 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2785 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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