National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0166

Overview

The gfxTextRun::SanitizeGlyphRuns function in gfx/thebes/src/gfxFont.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 on Mac OS X, when the Core Text API is used, does not properly perform certain deletions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTML document containing invisible Unicode characters, as demonstrated by the U+FEFF, U+FFF9, U+FFFA, and U+FFFB characters.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538065

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=538065

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-0692

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0692

External Source: BID

Name: 38943

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38943

External Source: BID

Name: 38918

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38918

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-11.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-11.html

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14182

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14182

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14182

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14182