Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2011-46
loadSubScript unwraps XPCNativeWrapper scope parameter (1.9.2 branch)
- Announced
- November 8, 2011
- Reporter
- moz_bug_r_a4
- Impact
- Critical
- Products
- Firefox, Thunderbird
- Fixed in
-
- Firefox 3.6.24
- Thunderbird 3.1.16
Description
Mozilla security researcher moz_bug_r_a4 reported that the problem described in MFSA 2011-43 and fixed in Firefox 7 also affected Firefox 3.6: a malicious page could potentially exploit a Firefox user who had installed an add-on that used loadSubscript in vulnerable ways.