72085 : Mozilla Multiple Products OBJECT's mChannel Use-after-free Remote Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-04-28

Time to Patch
70 days

Description

Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey contain a user-after-free flaw related to the OBJECT's mChannel that may allow a context-dependent attacker to execute arbitrary code. No further details have been provided.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public, Exploit Private, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade Firefox to version 3.6.17 or 3.5.19 or higher, and SeaMonkey to 2.0.14 or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Mozilla Organization	Firefox	3.6.16
		3.5.18
		3.6.16
		3.5.18
	SeaMonkey	2.0.13
		2.0.13

References

Tools & Filters

	firefox_channelredirect

Credit

regenrecht - Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-05-09 | Disagree?

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