IT Observer - Firefox Plugs GIF Security Hole

Firefox Plugs GIF Security Hole
Thursday, 24 March 2005, 08:24 GMT

The Mozilla Foundation on Wednesday shipped a new version of its flagship Firefox Web browser to patch a serious security hole that could put users at risk of computer takeover.

The flaw, which was discovered and reported by Internet Security Systems Inc., causes a buffer overflow because of the way GIF files are processed by Firefox.

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