Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.14 Browser Engine memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.14 (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

layout/base/nsCSSFrameConstructor.cpp in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.0.x before 3.0.15 does not properly handle first-letter frames, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 10/29/2009 by Carsten Book as MFSA2009-64 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-3382. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/24/2021).

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42295 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2009:1530)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119087 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2009:1530)).

Upgrading to version 3.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (42295). The entries 4052, 50808, 50648 and 50646 are pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
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Nessus ID: 42295
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2009:1530)
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OpenVAS ID: 66146
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1922-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.0.2
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09/24/2009 🔍
10/27/2009 +33 days 🔍
10/29/2009 +2 days 🔍
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11/02/2009 +4 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1962 days 🔍
08/24/2021 +2351 days 🔍

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2009-64
Researcher: Carsten Book
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3382 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 23900 - Mozilla Firefox Prior to 3.0.15 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 36866 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2009-3382 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/24/2021 20:42
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (68), 01/31/2018 09:55 (12), 08/24/2021 20:34 (3), 08/24/2021 20:42 (1)
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