Mozilla Firefox JavaScript Handler Race Condition Memory Corruption Vulnerability
CVE Identifier: CVE-2006-4253
Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011
DESCRIPTION
Concurrency vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple Javascript timed events that load a deeply nested XML file, followed by redirecting the browser to another page, which leads to a concurrency failure that causes structures to be freed incorrectly, as demonstrated by (1) ffoxdie and (2) ffoxdie3. NOTE: it has been reported that Netscape 8.1 and K-Meleon 1.0.1 are also affected by ffoxdie. Mozilla confirmed to CVE that ffoxdie and ffoxdie3 trigger the same underlying vulnerability. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 2.0 RC2 and 1.5.0.7 are also affected.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
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SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1000766
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1000766 - Mozilla Firefox JavaScript Handler Race Condition Memory Corruption Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- K-Meleon Project K-Meleon 1.0.1
- Mozilla Firefox 0.10
- Mozilla Firefox 0.10.1
- Mozilla Firefox 0.8
- Mozilla Firefox 0.9
- Mozilla Firefox 0.9.1
- Mozilla Firefox 0.9.2
- Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7
- Mozilla Firefox 1.0.8
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.2
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.5
- Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.6
- Netscape Netscape 8.1
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