Out-of-bounds read in HTML parser following a failed allocation — Mozilla

Security researcher Ronald Crane reported an out-of-bounds read following a failed allocation in the HTML parser while working with unicode strings. This can also affect the parsing of XML and SVG format data. This leads to a potentially exploitable crash...

Memory corruption in libjar through zip files — Mozilla

Security researcher Gustavo Grieco reported a buffer underflow in libjar triggered through a maliciously crafted ZIP format file. This results in a potentially exploitable crash...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0313)

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Updated gdk-pixbuf2.0 packages fix security vulnerabilities

Updated gdk-pixbuf packages fix security vulnerabilities: Security researcher Gustavo Grieco reported a heap overflow in gdk-pixbuf before 2.32.0. This issue is triggered by the scaling of a malformed tga format image and results in a potentially exploitable crash CVE-2015-7673. Security research...

Use-after-free with shared workers and IndexedDB — Mozilla

Security researcher Looben Yang discovered a use-after-free vulnerability when using a shared worker with IndexedDB due to a race condition with the worker. This results in a potentially exploitable crash that can be triggered through web content...

Buffer overflow in libvpx while parsing vp9 format video — Mozilla

Security researcher Khalil Zhani reported that a maliciously crafted vp9 format video could be used to trigger a buffer overflow while parsing the file. This leads to a potentially exploitable crash due to a flaw in the libvpx library...

Integer overflows in libstagefright while processing MP4 video metadata — Mozilla

Security researcher Joshua Drake reported potential integer overflows in the libstagefright library while processing video sample metadata in MPEG4 video files. This can lead to a potentially exploitable crash...

Out-of-bounds write with Updater and malicious MAR file — Mozilla

Security researcher Holger Fuhrmannek reported that if the Updater opens a MAR format file with a specially crafted name, an out-of-bounds write will occur. This can lead to a potentially exploitable crash but requires that the malicious MAR format file be present on the local system and the...

SUSE SLES10 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SU-2013:0306-1)

Mozilla Firefox is updated to the 10.0.12ESR version. This is a roll-up update for LTSS. It fixes a lot of security issues and bugs. 10.0.12ESR fixes specifically : MFSA 2013-01: Mozilla developers identified and fixed several memory safety bugs in the browser engine used in Firefox and other...

Use-after-free due to Media Decoder Thread creation during shutdown — Mozilla

Security researchers Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber reported a use-after-free during the shutdown process. This was caused by a race condition when media decoder threads are created during the shutdown process in some circumstances. This leads to a potentially exploitable crash when...

Out-of-bounds read and write in asm.js validation — Mozilla

Security researcher Dougall Johnson reported an out-of-bounds read and write in asm.js during JavaScript validation due to an error in how heap lengths are defined. This results in a potentially exploitable crash and could allow for the reading of random memory which may contain sensitive data...

Buffer overflow in libstagefright during MP4 video playback — Mozilla

Security researcher Pantrombka reported a buffer overflow in the libstagefright library during video playback when certain invalid MP4 video files led to the allocation of a buffer that was too small for the content. This led to a potentially exploitable crash...

Use-after-free during HTML5 parsing — Mozilla

Security researcher SkyLined reported a use-after-free created by triggering the creation of a second root element while parsing HTML written to a document created with document.open. This leads to a potentially exploitable crash...

libvpx -- out-of-bounds write

The Mozilla Project reports: Using the Address Sanitizer tool, security researcher Abhishek Arya Inferno of the Google Chrome Security Team found an out-of-bounds write when buffering WebM format video containing frames with invalid tile sizes. This can lead to a potentially exploitable crash...

Use-after-free in DirectWrite font handling — Mozilla

Mozilla community member James Kitchener reported a crash in DirectWrite when rendering MathML content with specific fonts due to an error in how font resources and tables are handled. This leads to use-after-free of a DirectWrite font-face object, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash...

Use-after-free with FireOnStateChange event — Mozilla

Security researcher Jethro Beekman of the University of California, Berkeley reported a crash when the FireOnStateChange event is triggered in some circumstances. This leads to a use-after-free and a potentially exploitable crash when it occurs...

openSUSE Security Update : seamonkey (openSUSE-SU-2012:0007-1)

seamonkey version 2.6 fixes several security issues : dbg114-seamonkey-5574 newupdateinfo seamonkey-5574 MFSA 2011-53/CVE-2011-3660: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards dbg114-seamonkey-5574 newupdateinfo seamonkey-5574 MFSA 2011-54/CVE-2011-3661: Potentially exploitable crash in the YARR regular...

Use-after-free in imgLoader while resizing images — Mozilla

Security researcher Nils discovered a use-after-free error in which the imgLoader object is freed while an image is being resized. This results in a potentially exploitable crash...

Out-of-bounds write in Cairo — Mozilla

Security researcher Jukka Jylänki reported a crash in the the Cairo graphics library. This happens when Cairo paints out-of-bounds to the destination buffer in the compositing function when working with canvas in certain circumstances. This issue allows malicious web content to cause a potentiall...

Use-after-free during Table Editing — Mozilla

Security researcher Nils used the Address Sanitizer tool while fuzzing to discover a use-after-free problem in the table editing user interface of the editor during garbage collection. This leads to a potentially exploitable crash...