Security Vulnerability Threatens Firefox
Nate Mook writes in BetaNews:
A security researcher has issued an advisory on a new vulnerability in Firefox that could lead to the remote execution of arbitrary code. The flaw was first reported to Mozilla developers by Tom Ferris earlier this week, but he opted to publicly disclose the problem following a disagreement.
The vulnerability relates to Firefox's handling of IDN, or international domain names, and can be exploited by long Web links that contain dashes. The flaw causes a buffer overflow and opens the door for malicious code to be run on a PC.
posted by Fergie @ 9/09/2005 11:44:00 AM
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