Bug 149935 - CAN-2005-0255 Memory overwrite in string library
Summary: CAN-2005-0255 Memory overwrite in string library
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 149876
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: firefox
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Christopher Aillon
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-02-28 21:05 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-02-28 21:06:53 UTC
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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 Gaël 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 ***


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