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HistoryFeb 23, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Mozilla Firefox DirectionalityUtils Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2015-02-2300:00:00
regenrecht
www.zerodayinitiative.com
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7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.141 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.7%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mozilla Firefox. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of bi-directional unicode text. The issue lies in the failure to properly handle text that has its bi-directional character type changed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process.

7.5 High

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.141 Low

EPSS

Percentile

95.7%