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Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-46

Use-after-free with video and onresize event

Announced
May 14, 2013
Reporter
Nils
Impact
Critical
Products
Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird, Thunderbird ESR
Fixed in
  • Firefox 21
  • Firefox ESR 17.0.6
  • Thunderbird 17.0.6
  • Thunderbird ESR 17.0.6

Description

Security researcher Nils reported a use-after-free when resizing video while playing. This could allow for arbitrary code execution.

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

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