Mozilla Browser 1.7.x - Non-ASCII Hostname Heap Overflow

Author: Mats Palmgren & Gael Delalleau
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platform: multiple
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date_added: 2004-09-14
date_updated: 2013-03-05
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11169/info

Mozilla is prone to a remotely exploitable heap overflow that is exposed when the browser handles non-ASCII characters in URIs.

This issue could be exploited by enticing a user to open a hyperlink that references a malicious URI. Successful exploitation will allow execution of arbitrary code in the context of the client user.

http://é------------------------------------------------aaaabbbb-----/

http://é------------------------------------------------
þßý-----/

http://é------------------------------------------------aaaa$ðý-----/