Mozilla Firefox Memory Corruption in Layout Engine, SVG, and Javascript Engine May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017698
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017698
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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-0775
, CVE-2007-0776
, CVE-2007-0777
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 24 2007
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Impact: Denial of service via network, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory
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Version(s): prior to 1.5.0.10, also 2.0, 2.0.0.1
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Description: A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user may be able to cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory corruption error, causing
the browser to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target
user.
Thunderbird and SeaMonkey are also affected.
Jesse Ruderman, Martijn Wargers, and Olli Pettay reported crashes in the
layout engine [CVE-2007-0775].
Tom Ferris reported a heap overflow in SVG triggered by wide stroke widths, affecting only Firefox
version 2.x [CVE-2007-0776].
Brian Crowder, Igor Bukanov, Johnny Stenback, moz_bug_r_a4, and shutdown reported potential memory
corruption errors in the JavaScript engine [CVE-2007-0777].
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Impact: A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will cause the target user's browser to crash or execute arbitrary code.
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Solution: The vendor has issued a fix (1.5.0.10, 2.0.0.2).
The Mozilla advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-01.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-01.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Access control error, Boundary error, Exception handling error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 00:33:13 -0500
Subject: Mozilla Firefox
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-01.html
CVE-2007-0775
CVE-2007-0776
CVE-2007-0777
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