firefox & mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports of multiple issues: Heap overrun in XBM image processing jackerror reports that an improperly terminated XBM image ending with space characters instead of the expected end tag can lead to a heap buffer overrun. This appears to be exploitable to insta...

FreeBSD : firefox -- arbitrary code execution from sidebar panel (741f8841-9c6b-11d9-9dbe-000a95bc6fae)

A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory states : If a user bookmarked a malicious page as a Firefox sidebar panel that page could execute arbitrary programs by opening a privileged page and injecting JavaScript into it. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and...

firefox & mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities

The Mozilla Foundation reports of multiple security vulnerabilities in Firefox and Mozilla: MFSA 2005-56 Code execution through shared function objects MFSA 2005-55 XHTML node spoofing MFSA 2005-54 Javascript prompt origin spoofing MFSA 2005-53 Standalone applications can run arbitrary code throu...

[Full-disclosure] Firesearching 1 + 2 [Firefox 1.0.2]

Notice I really wonder why the Mozilla Foundation decided to release a serious security update on a friday night and to disclose the link to my proof-of-concept code so quickly. It wasn't intendet from my side to release this as a 0day exploit. Please complain to [email protected] if you...

[Full-disclosure] Firelinking [Firefox 1.0.2]

Notice I really wonder why the Mozilla Foundation decided to release a serious security update on a friday night and to disclose the link to my proof-of-concept code so quickly. It wasn't intendet from my side to release this as a 0day exploit. Please complain to [email protected] if you...

firefox -- arbitrary code execution in sidebar panel

A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports: Sites can use the search target to open links in the Firefox sidebar. Two missing security checks allow malicious scripts to first open a privileged page such as about:config and then inject script using a javascript: url. This could be used to...

ISS Protection Brief: Mozilla Foundation GIF Overflow

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Internet Security Systems Protection Brief March 23, 2005 Mozilla Foundation GIF Overflow Summary: ISS has shipped protection for a flaw X-Force has discovered in the GIF image processing library used in software developed by the Mozilla Foundation. This library...

mozilla -- heap buffer overflow in GIF image processing

A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory states: An sic GIF processing error when parsing the obsolete Netscape extension 2 can lead to an exploitable heap overrun, allowing an attacker to run arbitrary code on the user's machine...

mozilla -- arbitrary code execution vulnerability

A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports: Plugins such as flash can be used to load privileged content into a frame. Once loaded various spoofs can be applied to get the user to interact with the privileged content. Michael Krax's "Fireflashing" example demonstrates that an attacker can ope...

mozilla -- insecure temporary directory vulnerability

A Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory reports: A predictable name is used for the plugin temporary directory. A malicious local user could symlink this to the victim's home directory and wait for the victim to run Firefox. When Firefox shuts down the victim's directory would be erased...