Bug 579085 (CVE-2010-0220)

Summary: CVE-2010-0220: Firefox DoS (crash) via crafted web site that triggers memory consumption
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: gecko-bugs-nobody, jhorak, stransky
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OS: Linux   
URL: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507114
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2010-04-02 14:31:34 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2010-0220 to
the following vulnerability:

The nsObserverList::FillObserverArray function in xpcom/ds/nsObserverList.cpp
in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (application crash) via a crafted web site that triggers memory 
consumption and an accompanying Low Memory alert dialog, and also triggers 
attempted removal of an observer from an empty observers array.

Upstream bug report:
  [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507114

Upstream patches:
  [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507114#c21

References:
  [3] http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5.7/releasenotes/
  [4] http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=7897
  [5] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=507114
  [6] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:000
  [7] http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/51396f6c9f20