SecurityReason - Mozilla Firefox Tag Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability

Advisory Text :

ZDI-06-009: Mozilla Firefox Tag Parsing Code Execution Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-009.html
April 14, 2006

-- CVE ID:
CVE-2006-0749

-- Affected Vendor:
Mozilla

-- Affected Products:
Firefox 1.0 through 1.0.7
Thunderbird 1.5 through 1.5.0.1
Thunderbird 1.0 through 1.0.7
SeaMonkey 1.0
Mozilla Suite 1.7 through 1.7.12

-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since December 13, 2005 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 3977. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:

http://www.tippingpoint.com

-- Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on
vulnerable installations of the Mozilla/Firefox web browser and
Thunderbird e-mail client. User interaction is required to exploit this
vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a
malicious e-mail.

The specific flaw exists within nsHTMLContentSink.cpp, during the
parsing of HTML tags as they appear in a specific order. The flaw
results in a memory corruption that leads to an attacker controlled
function pointer dereference from the stack and eventually execution of
arbitrary code.

-- Vendor Response:
Mozilla has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. Further
details are available at:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2006/mfsa2006-18.html

-- Disclosure Timeline:
2005.12.13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2005.12.13 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2006.04.14 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.

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researchers for responsibly disclosing discovered vulnerabilities.

Researchers interested in getting paid for their security research
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