Mozilla Firefox Web Worker Array Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
ZDI-10-046: April 2nd, 2010CVE ID
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Affected Vendors
Affected Products
TippingPoint™ IPS Customer Protection
TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID 9619. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mozilla Firefox. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page.
The specific flaw exists within the implementation of web worker threads. Due to mishandling the array data type while processing posted messages, a web worker thread can be made to corrupt heap memory. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the user running the browser.
Vendor Response
Mozilla Firefox has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:Disclosure Timeline
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2009-12-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2010-04-02 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
This vulnerability was discovered by:-
Orlando Barrera II, SecTheory
