Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine (ANGLE), as used in Mozilla Firefox before 7.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.4, does not validate the return value of a GrowAtomTable function call, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a memory-allocation error and a resulting buffer overflow.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-41.html | vendor advisory |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:141 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680840 | vendor advisory issue tracking |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14388 | signature third party advisory vdb entry |