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9.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.19, 3.5.x before 3.5.9, and 3.6.x before 3.6.2; Thunderbird before 3.0.4; and SeaMonkey before 2.0.4 do not properly manage reference counts for option elements in a XUL tree optgroup, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger access to deleted elements, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."
The weakness was released 04/05/2010 by TippingPoint with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as Bug 538308 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0176. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/07/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45443 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0332)), 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 118846 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0332)).
Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57392) and Tenable (45443). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 52594, 52593, 52592 and 52590.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 45443
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0332)
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OpenVAS ID: 67263
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2027-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
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Timeline
01/06/2010 🔍03/30/2010 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: Bug 538308
Researcher: TippingPoint
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-0176 (🔍)
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X-Force: 57392
Vulnerability Center: 25282 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 39128 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey 'optgroup' XUL Tree Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 12:22Updated: 09/07/2021 08:30
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (65), 02/22/2017 11:03 (10), 09/07/2021 08:28 (4), 09/07/2021 08:30 (1)
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