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Mozilla International Domain Name Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Mozilla International Domain Name Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/09/2005
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/29/2005
Modified
02/13/2015

Description

Certain versions of Mozilla contain a flaw in the international domain name (IDN) handling code. As a result, a malicious website operator can trigger a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the Mozilla process.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-1_7_12

References

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