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Mozilla Firefox Security Bypass Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Mozilla Firefox and is prone to security bypass vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to improper validation of overlong UTF-8 encoding, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cross-site scripting protection mechanisms via a crafted string.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 3.6 Beta 3.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 3.6 Beta 3 or later.