[Full-disclosure] Secunia Research: Mozilla Firefox XPCOM Event Handling Memory Corruption

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                 Secunia Research 27/07/2006

 - Mozilla Firefox XPCOM Event Handling Memory Corruption -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software…1
Severity…2
Vendor's Description of Software…3
Description of Vulnerability…4
Solution…5
Time Table…6
Credits…7
References…8
About Secunia…9
Verification…10

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1) Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.3, and 1.5.0.4.

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"The award-winning, free Web browser is better than ever. Browse the
Web with confidence - Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and
pop-ups. Enjoy improvements to performance, ease of use and privacy.
It's easy to import your favorites and settings and get started."

Product Link:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an memory corruption error within
the handling of simultaneously happening XPCOM events resulting in the
use of a deleted timer object.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

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5) Solution

Update to version 1.5.0.5.

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6) Time Table

22/06/2006 - Vendor notified.
23/06/2006 - Vendor response.
27/07/2006 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

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8) References

Mozilla.org:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-46.html

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2006-3113 for the vulnerability.

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9) About Secunia

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-53/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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