Foxmail 5.0.300 punylib.dll urltolocal memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Foxmail 5.0.300. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function urltolocal in the library punylib.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the UrlToLocal function in PunyLib.dll of Foxmail 5.0.300 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a mail message with a long From field, a different issue than CVE-2005-0339.

The weakness was released 03/29/2004 by xfocus with XFOCUS Security Team (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-2719 since 10/06/2007. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed by xfocus in ANSI C and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15640), Exploit-DB (164), SecurityFocus (BID 9954†), OSVDB (4645†) and Secunia (SA11231†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: xfocus
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Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: xfocus
Organization: XFOCUS Security Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-2719 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2719
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23586
X-Force: 15640 - Foxmail punylib.dll buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 9954 - Foxmail Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 11231 - Foxmail UrlToLocal Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 4645 - Foxmail PunyLib.dll UrlToLocal Function Overflow

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/10/2015 12:14 PM
Updated: 06/15/2024 06:51 PM
Changes: 03/10/2015 12:14 PM (59), 06/30/2018 09:17 AM (12), 06/15/2024 06:51 PM (17)
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