Bug 149935

Summary:	CAN-2005-0255 Memory overwrite in string library
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	firefox	Assignee:	Christopher Aillon <caillon>
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-02-28 21:05:35 UTC

Daniel de Wildt discovered a memory handling flaw in Mozilla string classes that
could overwrite memory at a fixed location if reallocation fails during string
growth. This could theoretically lead to arbitrary code execution. Creating the
exact conditions for exploitation--including running out of memory at just the
right moment--is unlikely.

This flaw was independently discovered by GaÃ«l Delalleau and reported by iDEFENSE 

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-18.html

Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-02-28 21:06:53 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 149876 ***