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Firefox "contentWindow.focus()" Deleted Object Reference Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA19802
Release Date: 2006-04-25
Last Update: 2006-05-03
Popularity: 40,457 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Mozilla Firefox 1.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a reference to a deleted object when designMode is enabled. This can be exploited to corrupt the memory and cause a crash by calling the "contentWindow.focus()" method on a container with specially crafted content.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability has been reported in versions 1.5 through 1.5.0.2.

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