Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.18 input validation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.0.18 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

intl/uconv/util/nsUnicodeDecodeHelper.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.7 and Thunderbird before 3.1.1 inserts a U+FFFD sequence into text in certain circumstances involving undefined positions, which might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via crafted 8-bit text.

The weakness was released 07/30/2010 as Bug 564679 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1210. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 48342 (CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0546)), 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 118862 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0547)).

Upgrading to version 3.0.19 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (48342), SecurityFocus (BID 41866†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26575†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4312, VDB-4400, VDB-51881 and VDB-53816. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 48342
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0546)
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OpenVAS ID: 67871
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.0.19

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07/20/2010 +112 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1693 days 🔍
09/21/2021 +2378 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 564679
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-1210 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1210
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54191

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SecurityFocus: 41866 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Character Mapping Security Weakness
Vulnerability Center: 26575 - Mozilla Firefox 3.6-3.6.4 and Thunderbird 3.0-3.0.5 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM
Updated: 09/21/2021 09:53 AM
Changes: 03/19/2015 02:37 PM (63), 03/01/2017 10:12 AM (8), 09/21/2021 09:49 AM (4), 09/21/2021 09:53 AM (1)
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