Re: [Full-disclosure] Firefox 3.0.8 remote DoS: 0-day exploit

[Mike Bann <mbann@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I highly doubt you reported this to Mozilla in "September of 2009". I 
don't think time machines like that exist yet, but i'd be pleased to be 
wrong.

Berend-Jan Wever wrote:
> ...sigh....
>
> This is https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=456727, which I 
> reported to Mozilla in September of 2009. It is a NULL ptr DoS, there 
> is no "exploit" in the sense of executing arbitrary code, just a 
> "repro" that can trigger a crash. The repro provided by Carl is the 
> exact same repro I provided to Mozilla.
>
> Incidentally, Carl has report this exact same bug 
> before: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Jan/0219.html. This is 
> how the repro got on milw0rm in the first place 
> (http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8091). Aditya K Sood later submitted the 
> repro (slightly modified) to milw0rm as his code as well 
> (http://milw0rm.com/exploits/8219).
>
> Some say plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery, so I guess I'll 
> start obfuscating my repros into ASCII art that says "SkyLined" to 
> prevent any more people from flattering me.
>
> Cheers,
> Sky
>
>
> Berend-Jan Wever <berendjanwever@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:berendjanwever@xxxxxxxxx>>
> http://skypher.com/SkyLined
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 2:39 PM, carl hardwick <hardwick.carl@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:hardwick.carl@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     I found an unpatched vulnerability in the latest Firefox 3.0.8 allows
>     a remote attacker to cause a DoS.
>     A 0-day exploit is available here:
>     
> http://carl-hardwick.googlegroups.com/web/Firefox+3.0.8+DoS.htm?gda=i_oPfkcAAACkS-ZCh60y1HGkG90OfxntdaCvR5MIFXIiKOQt5O80jPqLKEFpBrbag3mOAa49_d8xnmtLTzx06f-L8nRUL3egeV4duv6pDMGhhhZdjQlNAw&gsc=HORKjwsAAAA1umYfXMbeoe6wr8IrMRRv
>     
> <http://carl-hardwick.googlegroups.com/web/Firefox+3.0.8+DoS.htm?gda=i_oPfkcAAACkS-ZCh60y1HGkG90OfxntdaCvR5MIFXIiKOQt5O80jPqLKEFpBrbag3mOAa49_d8xnmtLTzx06f-L8nRUL3egeV4duv6pDMGhhhZdjQlNAw&gsc=HORKjwsAAAA1umYfXMbeoe6wr8IrMRRv>
>
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