Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-19
Use-after-free in Javascript Proxy objects
- Announced
- January 8, 2013
- Reporter
- regenrecht
- Impact
- Critical
- Products
- Firefox, Firefox ESR, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, Thunderbird ESR
- Fixed in
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- Firefox 18
- Firefox ESR 17.0.2
- SeaMonkey 2.15
- Thunderbird 17.0.2
- Thunderbird ESR 17.0.2
Description
Security researcher regenrecht reported, via TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative, a garbage collection flaw in Javascript Proxy objects. This can lead to a use-after-free leading to arbitrary code execution.
In general these flaws cannot be exploited through email in the Thunderbird and SeaMonkey products because scripting is disabled, but are potentially a risk in browser or browser-like contexts in those products.