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9.5 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a long argument to the document.write method.
The weakness was published 10/21/2010 by Eduardo Vela Nava (regenrecht) with Martijn Wargers as Bug 583077 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3179. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 09/27/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50793 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0782)), 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 119073 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0861)).
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 10826.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (50793). Similar entries are available at 4218, 55204, 55203 and 55201.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 50793
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0782)
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OpenVAS ID: 68458
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2124-1 (xulrunner)
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
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Timeline
08/27/2010 🔍10/19/2010 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: Bug 583077
Researcher: Eduardo Vela Nava (regenrecht)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3179 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 27791 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 44228 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2010-64 -72 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 42867
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 14:37Updated: 09/27/2021 22:52
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/08/2017 15:19 (11), 09/27/2021 22:42 (4), 09/27/2021 22:52 (1)
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