Mozilla Firefox code execution vulnerability

Overview

Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.15 contain a vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute code.

Description

Versions of Mozilla Firefox prior to 2.0.0.15 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability. Browsers such as SeaMonkey and Epiphany that use Mozilla’s rendering engine may also be affected.

Per Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-33:
Security research firm Astabis reported a vulnerability in Firefox 2 submitted through the iSIGHT Partners GVP Program by Greg McManus, Primary GVP Researcher. The reported crash in Mozilla’s block reflow code could be used by an attacker to crash the browser and run arbitrary code on the victim’s computer.

This vulnerability does not affect Firefox 3.

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Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a vulnerable browser to crash.

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Solution

Upgrade

Per Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-33 this issue is addressed in Firefox 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey 1.1.10.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: July 02, 2008

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

See <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-33.html&gt; for more details.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23607267 Feedback>).

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References

• <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2008/mfsa2008-33.html&gt;
• <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=439735&gt;

Acknowledgements

Mozilla credits Security research firm Astabis for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2008-2811
Severity Metric:	7.17 Date Public: