Mozilla Firefox SVG Processing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

December 19th, 2006
ZDI-06-051 ZDI-CAN-126

CVE ID

CVE-2006-6504

CVSS Score

None None

Affected Vendors

Mozilla Firefox

Affected Products

2.0.x
1.0.x

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 in the browser's handling of SVG comment objects. Firefox does not correctly handle requests to append SVG comments to elements in other types of documents. Attempting such an operation results in a memory corruption that can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

Additional Details

Mozilla Firefox has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-73.html

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2006-11-08 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2006-12-19 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Anonymous

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