Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 navigator.plugins resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the file navigator.plugins. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The navigator.plugins implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 does not properly handle destruction of the DOM plugin array, which might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via crafted access to the navigator object, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 09/09/2010 as Bug 584512 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-2767 since 07/14/2010. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49181 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0680)), 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 118595 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0681)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61658) and Tenable (49181). The entries 4173, 54722, 54661 and 54660 are related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Mozilla

Name

Firefox

License

open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 49181
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0680)
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OpenVAS ID: 68088
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2106-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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07/14/2010 🔍
09/09/2010 +57 days 🔍
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09/13/2010 +4 days 🔍
01/10/2011 +119 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1529 days 🔍
09/24/2021 +2381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 584512
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2767 (🔍)
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X-Force: 61658
Vulnerability Center: 27101 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Navigator.Plugins Dangling Pointer Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43045
Secunia: 42867 - Oracle Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2010-2323

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 15:33
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/04/2017 15:18 (11), 09/24/2021 15:33 (3)
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