Apr 23 2008
Highly critical Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox Javascript Garbage
| Secunia Advisory: | SA29787 | |
| Release Date: | 2008-04-17 | |
| Last Update: | 2008-04-21 | |
| Critical: |  Highly critical |
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| Impact: | DoS System access |
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| Where: | From remote | |
| Solution Status: | Vendor Patch | |
| Software: | Mozilla Firefox 2.0.x | |
| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1380 (Secunia mirror) | |
| Description: A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Javascript Garbage Collector and can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via specially crafted Javascript code. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is reported in version 2.0.0.13. Prior versions may also be affected. Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector. Solution: Provided and/or discovered by: |
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