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Mozilla Firefox 'GIF' File DoS Vulnerability - Nov09 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
14 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Firefox browser and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
A NULL pointer dereference error in 'nsGIFDecoder2::GifWrite' function in 'decoders/gif/nsGIFDecoder2.cpp' in libpr0n, which can be exploited to cause application crash via an animated 'GIF' file with a large image size.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Mozilla Firefox version prior to 3.5.5 on Windows.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Firefox version 3.5.5 or later.