Mozilla Firefox prior 1.5 Browser Engine nsSVGElement::BindToTree config

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects the function nsSVGElement::BindToTree of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a config vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-16. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.9, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.22, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly trigger memory corruption via vectors related to nsSVGElement::BindToTree.

The bug was discovered 04/21/2009. The weakness was presented 04/22/2009 by Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-1303 since 04/16/2009. 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 and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592.004 for this issue.

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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67881 (Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2009-1125)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119091 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2009:0436)).

Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50000) and Tenable (67881). See 46674, 48897, 48896 and 47862 for similar entries.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Nessus ID: 67881
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2009-1125)
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OpenVAS ID: 63962
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1797-1 (xulrunner)
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Gregory Fleischer (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-1303 (🔍)
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X-Force: 50000
SecurityTracker: 1022090
Vulnerability Center: 21679 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey nsSVGElement::BindToTree Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 34656 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2009 -14 through -22 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34758
OSVDB: 53971 - CVE-2009-1303 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Denial-of-Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2009-1125

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

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/02/2019 09:30
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (93), 09/02/2019 09:30 (4)
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