full-disclosure - [SA35798] Firefox 3.5 memory corruption vulnerability

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Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:04:51 +0100
From: mrx <mrx@...pergander.org.uk>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: [SA35798] Firefox 3.5 memory corruption
	vulnerability

Impact:   Systems access
Where:    From remote
Status:    Unpatched

http://secunia.com/advisories/35798/

No CVE references

*Description*:
SBerry has discovered a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing JavaScript
code handling e.g. "font" HTML tags and can be exploited to cause a
memory corruption.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 3.5. Other versions may also
be affected.

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