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Mozilla Firefox 3 on Mac OS X GIF File Handling Code Execution
Secunia Advisory: SA31132
Release Date: 2008-07-17
Popularity: 6,179 views

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

OS:Apple Macintosh OS X

Software:Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Firefox 3 on Mac OS X, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Mozilla graphics code on Mac OS X. This can be exploited to free an uninitialised pointer via a specially crafted GIF file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

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