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Mozilla Thunderbird GIF Image Processing Buffer Overflow
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14685
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Release Date:
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2005-03-24
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Last Update:
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2006-05-04
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Popularity:
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16,469 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Mozilla Thunderbird 0.x
Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Mark Dowd has reported a vulnerability in Thunderbird, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the GIF image processing of Netscape extension 2 blocks and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted image.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 1.0.2.
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