CVE-2010-0166

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.1
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedMar 25, 2010
First seenMar 25, 2010

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefox3.6—

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CVE-2010-0166 · Mozilla Firefox · Dark Radar