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Mozilla Firefox 'nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()' Memory Corruption

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Mozilla Firefox 'nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()' Memory Corruption

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/27/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/01/2009
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

A flawed implementation of the "nsTextFrame::ClearTextRun()" function has shipped in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-3_0_10

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