Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-06

Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-06

Title: Web browsing history and forward navigation stealing
Impact: Critical
Announced: February 7, 2008
Reporter: David Bloom
Products: Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey

Fixed in: Firefox 2.0.0.12
SeaMonkey 1.1.8
Description

Mozilla contributor David Bloom reported a vulnerability in the way images are treated by the browser when a user leaves a page which utilizes designMode frames. The reported issue can be used to steal a user's navigation history, forward navigation information, and crash the user's browser. The crash showed evidence of memory corruption and might be exploitable to run arbitrary code.
Workaround

Disable JavaScript until a version containing these fixes can be installed.
References

* https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=400556
* CVE-2008-0419