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CVE-2010-2755

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2010-08-09	firefox -- Dangling pointer crash regression from plugin parameter array fix

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CVE-2010-2755 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2010-2755
Phase	Assigned(20100714)

Description

layout/generic/nsObjectFrame.cpp in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7 does not properly free memory in the parameter array of a plugin instance, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document, related to the DATA and SRC attributes of an OBJECT element. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2010-1214.

References

Source	Reference
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-48.html
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=575836
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11961