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Re: Firefox segfaults



$ gdb
(gdb) core-file firefox-bin.core
Core was generated by `firefox-bin'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0  0xbb0d523f in ?? ()

This smells like a security issue.  Stating the obvious here, but it
looks like it could be exploited if an attacker is able to point the IP
onto an executable heap where shellcode would reside.  Exploit
developers have been using javascript to deploy malicious
payloads on to the heap for this purpose for quite some time.  Is
there a way to get a backtrace with symbols to see what was
happening at the time of the segfault?  That would help determine
whether this could potentially be a drive-by-and-youre-owned
vlunerability.  If this is a valid security issue, is there any interest in
updating the buggy component or removing it all together?

Thanks,
Brian


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