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Mozilla Firefox 3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA32713
Release Date: 2008-11-13
Popularity: 12,221 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, or compromise a user's system.

1) An error when processing "file:" URIs can be exploited to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by tricking a user into opening a malicious local file in a tab previously opened for a "chrome:" document or a privileged "about:" URI.

2) Various errors in the layout engine can be exploited to cause memory corruptions and potentially execute arbitrary code.

3) An error in the browser engine can be exploited to cause a crash.

For more information see vulnerability #5 in:
SA32693

4) An error in the JavaScript engine can be exploited to cause a memory corruption and potentially execute arbitrary code.

5) An error in the browser's restore feature can be exploited to violate the same-origin policy.

For more information see vulnerability #7 in:
SA32693

6) An error in the processing of the "http-index-format" MIME type can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

For more information see vulnerability #8 in:
SA32693

7) An error in the DOM constructing code can be exploited to dereference uninitialized memory and potentially execute arbitrary code:

For more information see vulnerability #9 in:
SA32693

8) An error in "nsXMLHttpRequest::NotifyEventListeners()" can be exploited to bypass certain security restrictions.

For more information see vulnerability #10 in:
SA32693

9) An error can be exploited to manipulate signed JAR files and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of another site.

For more information see vulnerability #11 in:
SA32693

10) An error exists when parsing E4X documents can be exploited to inject arbitrary XML code.

For more information see vulnerability #12 in:
SA32693

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 3.0.4.

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