full-disclosure - Re: Firefox 3.0.8 remote DoS: 0-day exploit

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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:36:45 -0500
From: Ron <ron@...llsecurity.com>
To: Mike Bann <mbann@...s.umn.edu>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0.8 remote DoS: 0-day exploit

You're correct that time machines don't exist yet. However, this is 
proof that they'll be invented in the next five months.

Stay tuned!

Mike Bann wrote:
> I highly doubt you reported this to Mozilla in "September of 2009". I 
> don't think time machines like that exist yet, but i'd be pleased to be 
> wrong.
> 
> Berend-Jan Wever wrote:
>> ...sigh....
>>
>> This is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456727, which I 
>> reported to Mozilla in September of 2009. It is a NULL ptr DoS, there 
>> is no "exploit" in the sense of executing arbitrary code, just a 
>> "repro" that can trigger a crash. The repro provided by Carl is the 
>> exact same repro I provided to Mozilla.
>>
>> Incidentally, Carl has report this exact same bug 
>> before: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Jan/0219.html. This is 
>> how the repro got on milw0rm in the first place 
>> (http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8091). Aditya K Sood later submitted the 
>> repro (slightly modified) to milw0rm as his code as well 
>> (http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8219).
>>
>> Some say plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery, so I guess I'll 
>> start obfuscating my repros into ASCII art that says "SkyLined" to 
>> prevent any more people from flattering me.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sky
>>
>>
>> Berend-Jan Wever <berendjanwever@...il.com 
>> <mailto:berendjanwever@...il.com>>
>> http://skypher.com/SkyLined
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 2:39 PM, carl hardwick <hardwick.carl@...il.com 
>> <mailto:hardwick.carl@...il.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I found an unpatched vulnerability in the latest Firefox 3.0.8 allows
>>     a remote attacker to cause a DoS.
>>     A 0-day exploit is available here:
>>     http://carl-hardwick.googlegroups.com/web/Firefox+3.0.8+DoS.htm?gda=i_oPfkcAAACkS-ZCh60y1HGkG90OfxntdaCvR5MIFXIiKOQt5O80jPqLKEFpBrbag3mOAa49_d8xnmtLTzx06f-L8nRUL3egeV4duv6pDMGhhhZdjQlNAw&gsc=HORKjwsAAAA1umYfXMbeoe6wr8IrMRRv
>>     <http://carl-hardwick.googlegroups.com/web/Firefox+3.0.8+DoS.htm?gda=i_oPfkcAAACkS-ZCh60y1HGkG90OfxntdaCvR5MIFXIiKOQt5O80jPqLKEFpBrbag3mOAa49_d8xnmtLTzx06f-L8nRUL3egeV4duv6pDMGhhhZdjQlNAw&gsc=HORKjwsAAAA1umYfXMbeoe6wr8IrMRRv>
>>
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