full-disclosure - FireFox Host: Buffer Overflow is not just exploitable on FireFox

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Date: Sat Sep 17 16:45:24 2005
From: juha-matti.laurio at netti.fi (Juha-Matti Laurio)
Subject: FireFox Host: Buffer Overflow is not just
	exploitable on FireFox

> On 9/14/05, Juha-Matti Laurio <juha-matti.laurio@...ti.fi> wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >Research and development has let to a ~90% reliable working exploit 
for the
> > >IDN Heap Buffer overrun in FireFox on WinXP and Win2k3 as long as DEP is

A short correction that this part of message is from SkyLined's posting:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-September/037045.html
 
- Juha-Matti

> What? The exploit only works on winxp sp2 if DEP is turned off.....
> (or is it JUST  there is another way in?) Your explanation is
> confusing!
> 
> DEP That's turned ON by default... & most of us choose to turn it on
> for all service & softwares.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Bipin Gautam
> http://bipin.tk
> 
> Zeroth law of security: The possibility of poking a system from lower
> privilege is zero unless & until there is possibility of direct,
> indirect or consequential communication between the two...