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Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2014-72

Use-after-free setting text directionality

Announced
September 2, 2014
Reporter
regenrecht
Impact
Critical
Products
Firefox, Firefox ESR, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird
Fixed in
  • Firefox 32
  • Firefox ESR 24.8
  • Firefox ESR 31.1
  • SeaMonkey 2.29
  • Thunderbird 24.8
  • Thunderbird 31.1

Description

Security researcher regenrecht reported, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, a use-after-free during text layout when interacting with the setting of text direction. This results in a use-after-free which can lead to arbitrary code execution.

In general this flaw cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird product because scripting is disabled, but is potentially a risk in browser or browser-like contexts.

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