Vigil@nce - NSPR: denial of service via memset
December 2013 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
On a 64 bit computer, an attacker can generate the initialization
of a large memory area, in order to trigger a denial of service.
– Impacted products: MBS, MES, Firefox, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird,
openSUSE, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, SLES, Unix (platform)
– Severity: 2/4
– Creation date: 19/11/2013
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
On a 64 bit computer, an attacker can generate the initialization
of a large memory area, in order to trigger a denial of service.
Technical details are unknown.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/NSPR-denial-of-service-via-memset-13798