Mozilla.Firefox.Libpng.Extra.Raw.Heap.Overflow

Release Date Mar 10, 2011
Severity high
Impact System Compromise: Remote attackers can gain control of vulnerable systems.
Description This indicates an attack attempt to exploit a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox. This issue is caused by an error in the vulnerable software when handling a malformed PNG file. It may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted image file.
Affected Products Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2 Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 Mozilla Firefox 3.5 Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Recommended Actions Upgrade to the latest version, available from the vendor's web site: http://www.mozilla.com
Coverage IPS VCM
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) CVE-2010-1205
Reference/s http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/14422/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/41174 (BugTraq)

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