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Mozilla Firefox 3 on Mac OS X GIF File Handling Code Execution
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA31132
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Release Date:
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2008-07-17
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Popularity:
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4,776 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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| OS: | Apple Macintosh OS X
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| Software: | Mozilla Firefox 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2934
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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.
Solution:
Update to version 3.0.1.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Drew Yao of Apple Product Security.
Original Advisory:
MFSA 2008-36:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-36.html
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