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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown function of the component User Interface. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:
The user interface event dispatcher in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 on Windows XP SP2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a series of keypress, click, onkeydown, onkeyup, onmousedown, and onmouseup events. NOTE: it was later reported that Firefox 3.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.5 is also affected.
The bug was discovered 09/28/2008. The weakness was disclosed 09/29/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-4324 since 09/29/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
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 (45518) and Exploit-DB (6614).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-4324 (🔍)
X-Force: 45518
Vulnerability Center: 19625 - Mozilla Firefox 3.0.3 Remote DoS via a Series of Key Strokes and Mouse Movements, Medium
SecurityFocus: 31476 - Mozilla Firefox User Interface Dispatcher Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 32040
OSVDB: 48783 - Mozilla - Firefox - User Interface Dispatcher Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Issue
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/17/2019 18:18
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (63), 08/17/2019 18:18 (6)
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