Overview
Mozilla Firefox JavaScript engine fails to properly handle garbage collection. This vulnerability result in memory corruption, which in some cases may be exploitable to execute arbitrary code.
Description
Per Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-20: Fixes for security problems in the JavaScript engine described in MFSA 2008-15 (CVE-2008-1237) introduced a stability problem, where some users experienced crashes during JavaScript garbage collection. This is being fixed primarily to address stability concerns. We have no demonstration that this particular crash is exploitable but are issuing this advisory because some crashes of this type have been shown to be exploitable in the past. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to cause a vulnerable version of the Firefox browser to crash. |
Solution
Upgrade Users are encouraged to update to Firefox 2.0.0.14, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14, or SeaMonkey 1.1.10. |
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Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2008-1380 |
| Date Public: | 2008-04-16 |
| Date First Published: | 2008-04-18 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2008-04-18 18:24 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 8 |