Security Flaw Discovered in Firefox

Vikingod · Apr 6, 2005, 09:43 PM

Security firm Secunia has discovered a "moderately critical" security flaw in the most recent versions of Firefox and the Mozilla Suite. According to the advisory, a problem in the handling of JavaScript could potentially allow a remote user access to sensitive information.

"The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the JavaScript engine, as a 'lambda' replace exposes arbitrary amounts of heap memory after the end of a JavaScript string," Secunia said in the advisory.

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EcPercy · Apr 7, 2005, 11:34 AM

After looking at this and reading some of the comments it appears that this security hole was patched a few hours after it was discovered...

Apr 6, 2005, 09:43 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Security Flaw Discovered in Firefox Security firm Secunia has discovered a "moderately critical" security flaw in the most recent versions of Firefox and the Mozilla Suite. According to the advisory, a problem in the handling of JavaScript could potentially allow a remote user access to sensitive information. "The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the JavaScript engine, as a 'lambda' replace exposes arbitrary amounts of heap memory after the end of a JavaScript string," Secunia said in the advisory. Read More

Apr 7, 2005, 11:34 AM	#2
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	After looking at this and reading some of the comments it appears that this security hole was patched a few hours after it was discovered...