>> Mozilla JavaScript Garbage Collector Code Execution Vulnerability
Title : Mozilla JavaScript Garbage Collector Code Execution Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-1251 CVE ID : CVE-2008-1380
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-04-17
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by memory corruption errors in the JavaScript Garbage Collector when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code.
