[PCWorks] Mozilla Firefox Memory Corruption vulnerability
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:09:06 -0500
TITLE:
Mozilla Firefox "nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()" Memory Corruption
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34866
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34866/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can
be
exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when calling the
"nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()" function and can be exploited to
corrupt memory.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in version 3.0.9.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 3.0.10.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-23.html
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