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MFSA2010-02: Web Worker Array Handling Heap Corruption Vulnerability

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MFSA2010-02: Web Worker Array Handling Heap Corruption Vulnerability

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
02/17/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/22/2010
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

It has been reported that Mozilla's implementation of Web Workers contained an error in its handling of array data types when processing posted messages. This error could be used by an attacker to corrupt heap memory and crash the browser, potentially running arbitrary code on a victim's computer.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_6
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_5_8
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_0_18

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