full-disclosure - Re: Memory corruption when loading/unloading Adobe objects through EMBED tag in Firefox

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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:45:23 -0500
From: Rohit Patnaik <quanticle@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Memory corruption when loading/unloading
	Adobe objects through EMBED tag in Firefox

Are there any available workarounds that would mitigate the threat?  I
suppose I could just upload all my PDFs to Google Docs in the meantime, but
I'm looking for something that I could use while offline...

--Rohit Patnaik

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:35 PM, mrx <mrx@...pergander.org.uk> wrote:

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> No, I installed latest updates prior to testing.
> They should be aware of this however considering what appear to be
> striking similarities in the code base between Foxit and Adobe
> readers, at least as far as shared bugs go.
> If not they will be aware of this after they read the email I sent them.
>
> MrX
>
> Rohit Patnaik wrote:
> > Has Foxit released an update for this?
> >
> > --Rohit Patnaik
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:40 PM, mrx <mrx@...pergander.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> > It would appear that Foxit reader version 3.1.1.0928 is also
> > vulnerable to this memory corruption flaw.
> > Foxit reader was also vulnerable to the JPEG2000/JBIG2 decoder bug.
> >
> > Makes me wonder how much code is common to both Adobes and Foxits PDF
> > readers
> >
> > MrX
> >
> >
> > Berend-Jan Wever wrote:
> > >>> Adobe bulletin:
> > >>> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
> > >>>
> > >>> Short description and repro case:
> > >>>
> >
> http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/10/13/memory-corruption-when-loadingunloading-adobe-objects-through-embed-tag-in-firefox/
> > >>> Cheers,
> > >>>
> > >>> SkyLined
> > >>> <
> >
> http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/10/13/memory-corruption-when-loadingunloading-adobe-objects-through-embed-tag-in-firefox/
> > >>> Berend-Jan Wever <berendjanwever@...il.com>
> > >>> http://skypher.com/SkyLined
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
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