CyberSec Bulletin

 

U.S. Cert Releases New Firefox Vulnerability

1/11/2010      By: U.S. CERT

 

Abstract: The Firefox Browser before version 3.5.7 is susceptible to Denial of Service (DoS) attack through carefully crafted websites.

 

Bulletin: According to U.S. Cert, "The nsObserverList::FillObserverArray function in xpcom/ds/nsObserverList.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted web site that triggers memory consumption and an accompanying Low Memory alert dialog, and also triggers attempted removal of an observer from an empty observers array."

For More Information, visit U.S. Cert CVE-2010-0220.