Definition

Mozilla Firefox Image Preloading Content-Policy Check Security Bypass Vulnerability

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8711

The nsDocument::MaybePreLoadImage function in content/base/src/nsDocument.cpp in the image-preloading implementation in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 does not apply scheme restrictions and policy restrictions to the image's URL which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash or hang) or hijack the functionality of the browser's add-ons via a crafted SRC attribute of an IMG element as demonstrated by remote command execution through an ssh: URL in a configuration that supports gnome-vfs with a nonstandard network.gnomevfs.supported-protocols setting.

Family:

windows

Status:

ACCEPTED

Platform(s):

Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Class:

vulnerability

Reference(s):

CVE-2010-0168

Product(s):

Mozilla Firefox