Re: Memory corruption when loading/unloading Adobe objects through EMBED tag in Firefox

[Rohit Patnaik <quanticle () gmail com>]

Ah, okay.  I do that anyway, because I've had bad experiences with Firefox
crashing when displaying embedded PDFs in the past.  Sounds like I should be
okay until Foxit updates its reader.

Thanks,
Rohit Patnaik

On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 8:15 PM, mrx <mrx () propergander org uk> wrote:

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> Adobe has fixed this issue
>
> http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
>
> And as this bug relates to Firefox  rendering embedded COM objects
> (PDF) inside a browser window. It should be safe to view PDF's inside
> both Adobe and Foxit readers whilst offline.
>
> MrX
>
> Rohit Patnaik wrote:
> > Are there any available workarounds that would mitigate the threat?  I
> > suppose I could just upload all my PDFs to Google Docs in the meantime,
> but
> > I'm looking for something that I could use while offline...
> >
> > --Rohit Patnaik
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 7:35 PM, mrx <mrx () propergander org uk> wrote:
> >
> >
> > No, I installed latest updates prior to testing.
> > They should be aware of this however considering what appear to be
> > striking similarities in the code base between Foxit and Adobe
> > readers, at least as far as shared bugs go.
> > If not they will be aware of this after they read the email I sent them.
> >
> > MrX
> >
> > Rohit Patnaik wrote:
> > > > > Has Foxit released an update for this?
> > > > >
> > > > > --Rohit Patnaik
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 6:40 PM, mrx <mrx () propergander org uk>
> > wrote:
> > > > > It would appear that Foxit reader version 3.1.1.0928 is also
> > > > > vulnerable to this memory corruption flaw.
> > > > > Foxit reader was also vulnerable to the JPEG2000/JBIG2 decoder bug.
> > > > >
> > > > > Makes me wonder how much code is common to both Adobes and
> > Foxits PDF
> > > > > readers
> > > > >
> > > > > MrX
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Berend-Jan Wever wrote:
> > > > > > > > Adobe bulletin:
> > > > > > > > http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-15.html
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Short description and repro case:
> http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/10/13/memory-corruption-when-loadingunloading-adobe-objects-through-embed-tag-in-firefox/
> > > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > SkyLined
> > > > > > > > <
> http://skypher.com/index.php/2009/10/13/memory-corruption-when-loadingunloading-adobe-objects-through-embed-tag-in-firefox/
> > > > > > > > Berend-Jan Wever <berendjanwever () gmail com>
> > > > > > > > http://skypher.com/SkyLined
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