Bug 213237

Summary: Firefox crash due to javascript-triggered NULL pointer dereference
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak>
Component: firefoxAssignee: Christopher Aillon <caillon>
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OS: Linux   
URL: http://www.gotfault.net/research/advisory/gadv-firefox.txt
Whiteboard: reported=20061031,source=fulldisclosure,public=20061027,impact=low
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Firefox 1.5.0.7 crash testcase none

Description Lubomir Kundrak 2006-10-31 12:53:46 UTC 
Description of problem:

Mozilla Firefox is prone to a DoS within its javascript Range object. In a
special condition, a NULL Pointer Deference occur and Firefox crashes.
Refer to advisory text or attached testcase for details.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
1.5.0.7
Comment 1 Lubomir Kundrak 2006-10-31 12:53:46 UTC 
Created attachment 139850 [details]
Firefox 1.5.0.7 crash testcase
Comment 2 Lubomir Kundrak 2006-10-31 13:00:48 UTC 
Comment on attachment 139850 [details]
Firefox 1.5.0.7 crash testcase

I set the MIME type of the patch to text/plain, for obvious reason.
Comment 3 Josh Bressers 2006-11-03 02:16:19 UTC 
This issue is simply a NULL dereference crash, follow the thread.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/450167/100/0/threaded

I'm removing the Security keyword.