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Firefox Browser designMode Null Pointer Dereference DoS Vulnerability - Win
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
2.6
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox browser and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Null pointer dereferencing error occurs in the broswer which fails to validate the user input data when designMode module is enabled. These can be exploited via replaceChild or removeChild call, followed by a queryCommandValue, queryCommandState or queryCommandIndeterm call.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Firefox version 3.x to 3.0.5 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox version 3.6.3 or later.