CVE-2010-1986
First published: Thu May 20 2010(Updated: )
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via JavaScript code that creates multiple arrays containing elements with long string values, and then appends long strings to the content of a P element, related to the gfxWindowsFontGroup::MakeTextRun function in xul.dll, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1571.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Mozilla Firefox | =3.6.3 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP | =sp3 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.x90c.org/advisories/firefox_3.6.3_crash_advisory.txt
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/12678
- http://www.osvdb.org/64791
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58761
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12433
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511329/100/0/threaded
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