Mozilla Firefox Unspecified GIF Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:22899

Info

Mozilla Firefox Unspecified GIF Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 22899
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 09 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 12 2007 06:54PM
Credit: Tõnu Samuel is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.2
GIMP GIMP 2.2.12
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox Unspecified GIF Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Firefox is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.

Little is known regarding this vulnerability; this BID will be updated when more information is disclosed.

Firefox 2.0.0.2 is prone to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

GIMP version 2.2.12 is also reported vulnerable; a segmentation fault occurs when the application processes a malicious GIF image.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox Unspecified GIF Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

A sample exploit has been provided in a zip file:

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox Unspecified GIF Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

References

Mozilla Firefox Unspecified GIF Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability

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