Is CVE-2006-6498 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-6498 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-6498?

CVE-2006-6498 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-6498?

CVE-2006-6498 has an EPSS score of 4.29% (90th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6498?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 45.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-6498

MEDIUMEPSS 90th pctl

6.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine for Mozilla Firefox 2.x before 2.0.0.1, 1.5.x before 1.5.0.9, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.9, SeaMonkey before 1.0.7, and Mozilla 1.7 and probably earlier on Solaris, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown impact and attack vectors.

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:45.0-1CVE-2006-6498

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.29%probability of exploitation in 30 days

90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

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