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MFSA2010-29 SeaMonkey: Heap buffer overflow in nsGenericDOMDataNode::SetTextInternal (CVE-2010-1196)

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MFSA2010-29 SeaMonkey: Heap buffer overflow in nsGenericDOMDataNode::SetTextInternal (CVE-2010-1196)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/24/2010
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/03/2012
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Integer overflow in the nsGenericDOMDataNode::SetTextInternal function in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.10 and 3.6.x before 3.6.4, Thunderbird before 3.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DOM node with a long text value that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-seamonkey-upgrade-2_0_5

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