internetnews.com: JavaScript Flaw Hits Mozilla Users
Apr 05, 2005, 15:00 (3 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)
"Russian security researcher going by the alia alias of Azafran
has discovered a flaw in Mozilla Suite and Firefox Web browsers
that could potentially put users at risk from the disclosure of
arbitrary heap memory.
"The JavaScript Lambda Replace Heap Memory Disclosure
Vulnerability exists in how the 'replace()' function handles lambda
expressions. An attacker could exploit the flaw and read the
arbitrary contents of a users heap memory. It could also
potentially be used for further attacks against the vulnerable
computer..."
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