Memory exposure flaw in Firefox and Mozilla browsers (Safari...

[MacBytes]

Category: 3rd Party Software
Link: Memory exposure flaw in Firefox and Mozilla browsers (Safari and others unaffected) (http://www.macbytes.com/link.php?sid=20050406161511)
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[wrldwzrd89]

I looked at the JavaScript code that performs the vulnerability test. It's rather strange-looking, like most code designed to exploit a vulnerability. It uses a big array of X's that it fills then strips out all the unprintable characters.