Memory corruption via a particular sequence of HTML tags

Publish date: February 10, 2011
  Severity: CRITICAL
  CVE Identifier: CVE-2006-0749
  Advisory Date: FEB 10, 2011

  DESCRIPTION

 nsHTMLContentSink.cpp in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving a "particular sequence of HTML tags" that leads to memory corruption.

  TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION

Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.

  SOLUTION

  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1000758
  Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1000758 - Memory corruption via a particular sequence of HTML tags

  AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION

  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.2
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.5
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.6
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5
  • Mozilla Mozilla suite 1.7.10
  • Mozilla Mozilla suite 1.7.11
  • Mozilla Mozilla suite 1.7.12
  • Mozilla Mozilla suite 1.7.6
  • Mozilla Mozilla suite 1.7.7
  • Mozilla Mozilla suite 1.7.8
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.1
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.3
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.4
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.1

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