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Zero day Firefox memory corruption exploit found in the wild
Closed Published March 28th, 2009 in Browser Security, Exploits & Vulnerabilities, Firefox
A Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Firefox exploit that leverages a previously unknown memory corruption vulnerability in the popular browser has turned up on a well-known exploit archive site.
According to a vulnerability post on SecurityFocus, the zero day memory corruption flaw — which was discovered by a security researcher named Guido Landi — involves Firefox’s inability to properly parse a particular Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) element. WatchGuard Wire: RSS Feed | WatchGuard
