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...

GLSA-200503-31 : Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200503-31 Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Firefox: Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an exploitable heap overrun in the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape...

Mozilla Firefox: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background Mozilla Firefox is the popular next-generation browser from the Mozilla project. Description The following vulnerabilities were found and fixed in Mozilla Firefox: Mark Dowd from ISS X-Force reported an exploitable heap overrun in the GIF processing of obsolete Netscape extension 2...

security flaw

Firefox before 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into saving a page as a Firefox sidebar panel, then using the sidebar panel to inject Javascript into a privileged page...

firefox -- arbitrary code execution from sidebar panel

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...