Image processing flaw found in Firefox

12:18 - Thursday 18 May 2006 by From the Web
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: firefox, image, flaw Category : Miscellaneous

Firefox users may be vulnerable to a denial of service attack after researchers looked into reports of a new vulnerability within Firefox 1.5.0.3. The flaw exists in how the browser handles image tags. The SANS Internet Storm Center first wrote off the problem, but continued research has shown that the flaw could be used maliciously.

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