Mozilla Firefox Memory Corruption Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1018994 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1018994
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2007-5959
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Nov 27 2007
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 2.0.0.10
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory corruption error and execute arbitrary code on the target user's system or cause the target user's browser to crash. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
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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:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (2.0.0.10).
The Mozilla advisory is available at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-38.html
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Vendor URL: www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2007/mfsa2007-38.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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