{"vuid":"VU#670060","idnumber":"670060","name":"Mozilla fails to properly release JavaScript references","keywords":["Mozilla","Firefox","code execution","Java","window.navigator object","MFSA 2006-044","Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-44","firefox_1505"],"overview":"Mozilla products fail to properly release memory. This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.","clean_desc":"Mozilla products fail to properly release JavaScript references. This may corrupt memory in a way that can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. For complete list of affected products refer to Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-44.","impact":"A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system. The attacker could also cause the vulnerable application to crash.","resolution":"Upgrade\nThis vulnerability has been addressed in Firefox 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey 1.0.3 according to the Mozilla Foundation Security Update 2006-44.","workarounds":"Until it is possible to upgrade to a fixed version of Firefox or SeaMonkey, the following workaround will prevent exploitation: Disable JavaScript For instructions on how to disable JavaScript in Firefox, please refer to the Firefox section of the Securing Your Web Browser document.","sysaffected":"","thanks":"This vulnerability was reported in \nMozilla Foundation Security Advisory \n2006-44 Mozilla credits \nThilo Girmann \nwith reporting this vulnerability.","author":"This document was written by Jeff Gennari based on information from Mozilla.","public":["http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-44.html","https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342267","http://secunia.com/advisories/19873/","http://secunia.com/advisories/21216/","http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-025.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19181"],"cveids":["CVE-2006-3677"],"certadvisory":"","uscerttechnicalalert":null,"datecreated":"2006-07-27T14:15:20Z","publicdate":"2006-07-25T00:00:00Z","datefirstpublished":"2006-07-27T14:57:52Z","dateupdated":"2007-02-09T14:05:52Z","revision":27,"vrda_d1_directreport":"0","vrda_d1_population":"3","vrda_d1_impact":"3","cam_widelyknown":"20","cam_exploitation":"0","cam_internetinfrastructure":"12","cam_population":"17","cam_impact":"19","cam_easeofexploitation":"15","cam_attackeraccessrequired":"20","cam_scorecurrent":"58.14","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknown":"58.14","cam_scorecurrentwidelyknownexploited":"94.4775","ipprotocol":"","cvss_accessvector":"","cvss_accesscomplexity":"","cvss_authentication":null,"cvss_confidentialityimpact":"","cvss_integrityimpact":"","cvss_availabilityimpact":"","cvss_exploitablity":null,"cvss_remediationlevel":"","cvss_reportconfidence":"","cvss_collateraldamagepotential":"","cvss_targetdistribution":"","cvss_securityrequirementscr":"","cvss_securityrequirementsir":"","cvss_securityrequirementsar":"","cvss_basescore":"","cvss_basevector":"","cvss_temporalscore":"","cvss_environmentalscore":"","cvss_environmentalvector":"","metric":58.14,"vulnote":null}