[tbb-bugs] #28711 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Store Arraybuffer Metadata in its own Arena

Mon Dec 3 22:29:30 UTC 2018

#28711: Store Arraybuffer Metadata in its own Arena
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     Reporter:  tom                       |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:
Actual Points:                            |  Parent ID:  #28707
       Points:                            |   Reviewer:
      Sponsor:                            |
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 The bug tracks backporting and landing
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1474659 to move ArrayBuffer
 metadata (including length) into its own jemalloc arena.  This will
 hopefully make it harder to write exploits that fiddle the length of
 ArrayBuffers.

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