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DoS Vulnerability in Firefox 1.5.0.1
DoS Vulnerability in Firefox 1.5.0.1
DoS Vulnerability in Firefox 1.5.0.1



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| BuHa Security-Advisory #9     |    Apr 12th, 2006 |
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| Vendor   | Mozilla Firefox                        |
| URL | http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ | 
| Version  | <= 1.5.0.1                             |
| Risk     | Low (DoS - Null Pointer Dereference)   |
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o Description:
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o Denial of Service:
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Following HTML source forces Firefox <= 1.5.0.1 to crash:
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Online-demo: http://morph3us.org/security/pen-testing/firefox/firefox1501-nsBlockFrame.html The access violation results in a non-exploitable Null Pointer Dereference. o Disclosure Timeline: ==================== 01 Oct 05 - DoS vulnerability discovered. 15 Dec 05 - Vendor contacted. 15 Dec 05 - Vendor confirmed vulnerability. 02 Feb 06 - Fixed on 1.x branches. 12 Apr 06 - Public release. o Solution: ========= The upcoming versions of Firefox (1.0.8 and 1.5.0.2) will address this issue. o Credits: ======== Thomas Waldegger BuHa-Security Community - http://buha.info/board/ If you have questions, suggestions or criticism about the advisory feel free to send me a mail. The address 'bugtraq@morph3us.org' is more a spam address than a regular mail address therefore it's possible that some mails get ignored. Please use the contact details at http://morph3us.org/ to contact me. Greets fly out to cyrus-tc, destructor, nait, rhy, trappy and all members of BuHa. Advisory online: http://morph3us.org/advisories/20060412-firefox-1501.txt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: n/a Comment: http://morph3us.org/ iD8DBQFEPVY0kCo6/ctnOpYRA02MAJ44HoaPKmgnii3+uM7RBNA5WsJ2BgCdHTdM e3SnWFYbwoCSftadTtIfzr0=dVrF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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