Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.6 numeric error

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.6 (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.11 and 3.6.x before 3.6.7, Thunderbird 3.0.x before 3.0.6 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large selection attribute in a XUL tree element, which triggers a use-after-free.

The weakness was disclosed 07/30/2010 by regenrecht as Bug 571106 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2753. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/21/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68099 (Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2010-0682)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux 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 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10035.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (68099). The entries 4312, 4400, 51881 and 53816 are pretty similar.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 68099
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2010-0682)
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OpenVAS ID: 67832
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2075-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
Suricata ID: 2013144
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07/20/2010 +6 days 🔍
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07/30/2010 +8 days 🔍
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07/12/2013 +1078 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +615 days 🔍
09/21/2021 +2378 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 571106
Researcher: regenrecht
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2753 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 26512 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird XUL <tree> Element's Selection Remote Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 41853 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey 'nsTreeSelection' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/21/2021 14:37
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (69), 03/01/2017 10:03 (9), 09/21/2021 14:35 (3), 09/21/2021 14:37 (1)
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