CVE-2006-5462

6.4
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
2.93%
LOW RiskEPSS (87th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

Mozilla Network Security Service (NSS) library before 3.11.3, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.8, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.6, when using an RSA key with exponent 3, does not properly handle extra data in a signature, which allows remote attackers to forge signatures for SSL/TLS and email certificates. NOTE: this identifier is for unpatched product versions that were originally intended to be addressed by CVE-2006-4340.

Published: 11/8/2006
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

6.4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

2.93%LOW Exploitation Risk
87th percentile

This vulnerability has a 2.93% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other
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