ZDI-06-051: Mozilla Firefox SVG Processing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
ZDI-06-051: Mozilla Firefox SVG Processing Remote Code Execution
Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-051.html
December 19, 2006
-- CVE ID:
CVE-2006-6504
-- Affected Vendor:
Mozilla
-- Affected Products:
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.0
Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 - 1.5.0.8
-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since December 12, 2006 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 4867. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:
http://www.tippingpoint.com
-- 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.
-- Vendor Response:
Mozilla 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
2006.12.12 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2006.12.19 - Coordinated public release of advisory
-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.
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