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eWeek: Firefox Zero-Day Code Execution Hoax?

Oct 03, 2006, 18:45 (4 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Ryan Naraine)

"A public claim by hackers that Mozilla's Firefox browser is vulnerable to multiple code execution vulnerabilities may be an overblown hoax.

"On the heels of a ToorCon presentation where two security researchers--Mischa Spiegelmock and Andrew Wbeelsoi--warned that Firefox's implementation of JavaScript was badly flawed and could allow PC takeover attacks, Mozilla's engineers say the risk is limited to a denial-of-service issue..."

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CNET News: Hackers Claim Zero-Day Flaw in Firefox(Oct 02, 2006)