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Mozilla Firefox 3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA32713
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Release Date:
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2008-11-13
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Popularity:
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12,221 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
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 Firefox 3.0.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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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.
Change Page:
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