Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.16 Browser Engine memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.16 (Web Browser). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, Thunderbird before 3.1.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 03/02/2011 by Martijn Wargers with Martijn Wargers as Bug 614499 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0053 since 12/21/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/18/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52507 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2011:0310)), 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 119024 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:0310)).

Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (52507). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 52958, 56689, 56688 and 56687.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 52507
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2011:0310)
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OpenVAS ID: 69115
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2180-1 (iceape)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 614499
Researcher: Martijn Wargers
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0053 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 30011 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities, Medium
SecurityFocus: 46645 - Mozilla Firefox SeaMonkey and Thunderbird CVE-2011-0053 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/18/2021 14:15
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (63), 04/07/2017 18:26 (13), 10/18/2021 14:15 (2)
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