Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.16 Javascript Engine memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.16 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Javascript 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. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving exception timing and a large number of string values, aka an "atom map" issue.

The weakness was shared 03/02/2011 by Christian Holler as Bug 622015 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2011-0056 since 12/21/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 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 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (52507). The entries 52958, 56689, 56688 and 56687 are related to this item.

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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 1.0.9

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 622015
Researcher: Christian Holler
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0056 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 30013 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey JavaScript Engine Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 46650 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey JavaScript String Values Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/18/2021 14:23
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (64), 03/17/2017 07:29 (11), 10/18/2021 14:23 (2)
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