Bug 579085 – CVE-2010-0220: Firefox DoS (crash) via crafted web site that triggers memory consumption

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Bug 579085 - (CVE-2010-0220) CVE-2010-0220: Firefox DoS (crash) via crafted web site that triggers memory consumption

Summary:	CVE-2010-0220: Firefox DoS (crash) via crafted web site that triggers memory ...

Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE

Aliases:	CVE-2010-0220

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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URL:	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug...
Whiteboard:	impact=low,source=gentoo,reported=201...
Keywords:	Security

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Reported:	2010-04-02 10:31 EDT by Jan Lieskovsky
Modified:	2010-04-02 11:05 EDT (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2010-04-02 11:05:17 EDT
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2010-04-02 10:31:34 EDT

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

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