full-disclosure - Re: Firefox 2.0.0.3 Out-of-bounds memory access via specialy crafted html file

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Message-Id: <200705011629.35795.mdontu@bitdefender.com>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 16:29:35 +0300
From: Mihai Donțu <mdontu@...defender.com>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Firefox 2.0.0.3 Out-of-bounds memory access
	via specialy crafted html file

On Tuesday 01 May 2007 10:26, carl hardwick wrote:
> Product: Firefox 2.0.0.3
> Description: Out-of-bounds memory access via specialy crafted html file
> Type: Remote
> 
> Vulnerability can be exploited by using a large value in a href tag to
> create an out-of-bounds memory access.
> 
> Proof Of Concept exploit:
> http://www.critical.lt/research/opera_die_happy.html

    I don't know what this exploit is supposed to do (I assume crash the browser),
but my FF just fires up my CPU and... that's it :) I can close the tab or
click the Home button and everything goes back to normal.
    I have FF 2.0.3 (32bit) running on a 64bit Gentoo.

-- 
Mihai

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