Mozilla Firefox User Interface Dispatcher Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Severity: : Medium
CVE Kennungen: : CVE-2008-4324
Advisory Date: 15 de lutego de 2011
DESCRIPTION
The user interface event dispatcher in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a series of keypress, click, onkeydown, onkeyup, onmousedown, and onmouseup events. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.5 is also affected.
INFORMATION EXPOSURE
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SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003073
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003073 - Mozilla Firefox User Interface Dispatcher Null Pointer Dereference Denial Of Service Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION:
- Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3