Firefox and Safari updates tackle alternative browser bugs

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 18, 2008 1:53 AM EDT
Reg Developer; By John Leyden
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There's patching work ahead for users of alternative browsers. Mozilla updated its Firefox web browser on Wednesday in response to the discovery of a vulnerability involving its Javascript Garbage Collector function. The security bug means that memory corruption might be caused through specially-crafted Javascript code. Successful exploitation creates a means to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable systems.

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