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Mozilla Firefox SVG Processing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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SUMMARY
A 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.
DETAILS
The specific flaw exists in the browser's handling of SVG comment objects.
Firefox does not correctly handle requests to append SVG comments to
elements in other types of documents. Attempting such an operation results
in a memory corruption that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
Vendor Response:
Mozilla has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details
can be found at:
<http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-73.html>
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-73.html
CVE Information:
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6504>
CVE-2006-6504
Disclosure Timeline:
2006.11.08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2006.12.12 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2006.12.19 - Coordinated public release of advisory
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:zdi-disclosures@3com.com>
Zero Day Initiative.
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-051.html>
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-051.html
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