The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 8.0 and Thunderbird before 8.0 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Publish Date : 2011-11-09 Last Update Date : 2012-12-18
| Cvss Score |
10.0 |
| Confidentiality Impact |
Complete
(There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.) |
| Integrity Impact |
Complete
(There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.) |
| Availability Impact |
Complete
(There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.) |
| Access Complexity |
Low
(Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. ) |
| Authentication |
Not required
(Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.) |
| Gained Access |
None |
| Vulnerability Type(s) |
Denial Of ServiceExecute CodeOverflowMemory corruption |
| CWE ID |
119 |
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