What's New in Firefox 1.5.0.3Firefox 1.5.0.3 is a security update that is part of our ongoing program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.
- Security fix for denial of service vulnerability.
Release Date: May 2, 2006
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Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2006-30Title: Deleted object reference when designMode="on"
Impact: Critical
Date: May 2, 2006
Reporter: Martijn Wargers, Nick Mott, splices
Affects: Firefox 1.5
Fixed in: Firefox 1.5.0.3
DescriptionMartijn Wargers and Nick Mott each described crashes that were discovered to ultimately stem from the same root cause: attempting to use a deleted controller context when designMode was turned on. This generally results in crashing the browser, but in theory references to deleted objects can be abused to run malicious code.
"splices" reported the same crash at the fan site MozillaZine and on Bugtraq, incorrectly describing it as a buffer overflow.
Older clients, including Firefox 1.0.x and the Mozilla Suite 1.7.x, are not affected.
WorkaroundTemporarily disable JavaScript until you can upgrade to a fixed version.
Referenceshttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334515