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Advisory: Mozilla Firefox User Interface Null Pointer Dereference Dispatcher Crash and Remote Denial of Service.

Version Tested: Mozilla 3.0.3 - 1.9.0 Branch (Specifically for Latest Version)

Severity: High

BID:31476
SECUNIA:32040
CVE:2008-4324

Description:
The mozilla firefox is vulnerable to user interface event dispatcher null pointer dereference denial of service attacks. The dispatched event created dynamically leads to firefox crash when it is called directly or in a defined loop with number of generated user interface events.The resultant crash results in

Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at 0x0000000000000007
Crashed Thread: 0
Thread 0 Crashed: 0 libxpcom_core.dylib nsTArray_base::Length() const + 11
(nsTArray.h:66)
1 libgklayout.dylib
nsContentUtils::GetAccelKeyCandidates(nsIDOMEvent*,
nsTArray&) + 261 (nsContentUtils.cpp:4083)

This security issue is a result of unhandled exception which is a result of null pointer dereference.

Proof of Concept
http://www.secniche.org/moz303/index.html


Detection:
SecNiche confirmed this vulnerability affects Mozilla Firefox on Microsoft Windows XP SP2 platform.The versions tested are:

Mozilla 3.0.3 - 1.9.0 Branch

Disclosure Timeline:
Disclosed: 28 September 2008
Release Date. 28 September ,2008

Vendor Response:
Mozilla confirm this vulnerability..

Credit:
Aditya K Sood

Disclaimer:
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