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Mozilla Firefox "nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()" Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 29 Apr 2009 4678 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A vulnerability has been identified in Mozilla Firefox, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error in "nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()" when processing certain data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected browser or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page.


Impact

  • Denial of Service
  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • Mozilla Firefox version 3.0.9

Solutions

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