Mozilla Firefox Multiple Popup Tabs Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:24820

Info

Mozilla Firefox Multiple Popup Tabs Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 24820
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-3657
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 09 2007 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:37PM
Credit: Michal Bucko is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Mozilla Firefox 2.0 .4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox Multiple Popup Tabs Denial of Service Vulnerability

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

An attacker may exploit this issue by enticing victims into opening a maliciously crafted HTML document.

Successful exploits can allow attackers to crash the affected browser, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.

Firefox 2.0.0.4 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox Multiple Popup Tabs Denial of Service Vulnerability

A proof of concept is available at the following URI:

http://sapheal.hack.pl/phun/ff2die/

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox Multiple Popup Tabs 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: [email protected].

References

Mozilla Firefox Multiple Popup Tabs Denial of Service Vulnerability

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