Mozilla JavaScript Garbage Collector Vulnerability
RISK: Medium Risk
A vulnerability has been identified in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by memory corruption errors in the JavaScript Garbage Collector when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.
Impact
- Denial of Service
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 2.0.0.14
- Mozilla SeaMonkey versions prior to 1.1.10
- Mozilla Thunderbird versions prior to 2.0.0.14
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 2.0.0.14 :
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/Upgrade to Mozilla Thunderbird version 2.0.0.14 :
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/Upgrade to Mozilla SeaMonkey version 1.1.10 :
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/
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