Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

Release date:
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Affected Systems:
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x
Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64
Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS s
Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS p
Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS l
Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS I
Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS
Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powe
Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386
Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM
Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd6
Ubuntu Linux 10.04 spar
Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powe
Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd6
Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia
Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386
Ubuntu Linux 9.10 ARM
Ubuntu Linux 9.10
Unaffected system:
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.17
Description:
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Bugtraq id: 46647
Cve id: CVE-2011-0062

Firefox is a very popular open-source WEB browser.

Mozilla Firefox has a vulnerability in implementation. Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the affected applications, resulting in DOS.

<* Source: Igor Bukanov
Gary Kwong

Link: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-01.html
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Suggestion:
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Vendor patch:

Mozilla
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://www.mozilla.org/