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Unpatched Firefox 1.5 Exploit Made Public

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the caught-with-you-pants-down dept.

ThatGuyGreg writes "C|Net is reporting that an unpatched exploit in Firefox 1.5 has been made public, making it very easy for ne'er-do-well-sites to cause your browser to crash on startup with a single visit. Until a patch is released, it is recommended that you disable your history.dat file."

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  1. DOS by kihjin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The 'exploit' seems only capable of a Denial of Service. There's no proof to indicate that malicious code could be executed.

    Plus, read this (from the article):

    "We have gotten no independent verification that it crashes (Firefox), but there have been a lot of attempts to try," Schroepfer said.

    So, this is all very hypothetical then?

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