Mozilla Thunderbird Browser Engine Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1023632 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1023632
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2010-0159
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Feb 18 2010
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 3.02
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Thunderbird. A remote user can 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 and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
Henri Sivonen, Boris Zbarsky, Zack Weinberg, Bob Clary, Martijn Wargers, and Paul Nickerson reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact:
A remote user can create HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
The vendor plans to issue a fix in version 3.0.2.
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-01.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-01.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary 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: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:31:26 +0000
Subject: Mozilla Thunderbird
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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-01.html
CVE-2010-0159
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