Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a web page with a large number of IMG elements in which the SRC attribute is a mailto URI. NOTE: another researcher found that the web page caused a temporary browser slowdown instead of a crash.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firefox | Mozilla | 1.5.0.3 (including) | 1.5.0.3 (including) |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
| Firefox | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/876
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433534/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433568/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433984/30/5010/threaded
- http://www.securityview.org/confirmed-bug-in-firefox-1503.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/876
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433534/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433568/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433984/30/5010/threaded
- http://www.securityview.org/confirmed-bug-in-firefox-1503.html