Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 TransformText memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects the function nsTextFrameUtils::TransformText. 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. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsTextFrameUtils::TransformText function 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 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a bidirectional text run.

The weakness was presented 09/09/2010 with team509 as Bug 579655 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-3166 since 08/27/2010. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (49181). See 4173, 54722, 54661 and 54660 for similar entries.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 49181
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0680)
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OpenVAS ID: 67994
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 579655
Organization: team509
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3166 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 27104 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey nsTextFrameUtils::TransformText Buffer Overflow, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43102 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird Transform Text Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 42867 - Oracle Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2010-2323

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Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 15:55
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/04/2017 17:57 (14), 09/24/2021 15:55 (2)
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