CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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4.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.5 Beta 2 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown function of the component HTML. The manipulation of the argument sourcetext
with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.
The weakness was disclosed 10/17/2005 by posidron (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at whitedust.net. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
A public exploit has been developed by posidron and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (1253). The entry 1828 is pretty similar.
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Version
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3
VulDB Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: posidron
Download: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Patch: mozilla.org
Timeline
10/16/2005 🔍10/17/2005 🔍
10/19/2005 🔍
10/27/2005 🔍
07/04/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: whitedust.net
Researcher: posidron
Status: Not defined
OSVDB: 20333 - Multiple Browser Malformed sourcetext Tag DoS
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 10/19/2005 17:33Updated: 07/04/2019 20:37
Changes: 10/19/2005 17:33 (60), 07/04/2019 20:37 (1)
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