Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 resource management

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A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to OBJECT s mChannel.

The weakness was presented 05/07/2011 by Mats Palmgren as Bug 634986 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-0065. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/06/2021).

It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75738 (openSUSE Security Update : seamonkey (seamonkey-4462)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119220 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:0471)).

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 11197.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67181) and Tenable (75738). See 57373, 57372, 57370 and 57369 for similar entries.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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Nessus ID: 75738
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : seamonkey (seamonkey-4462)
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OpenVAS ID: 69570
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2227-1 (iceape)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/firefox_mchannel
Saint Name: Mozilla Firefox OBJECT mChannel Use-After-Free

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MetaSploit ID: mozilla_mchannel.rb
MetaSploit Name: Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16 mChannel Use-After-Free Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
Suricata ID: 2013417
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12/21/2010 🔍
04/28/2011 +128 days 🔍
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05/07/2011 +4 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 634986
Researcher: Mats Palmgren
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0065 (🔍)
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X-Force: 67181
Vulnerability Center: 31276 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2011-0065), Critical
SecurityFocus: 47641 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey HTML Content Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/06/2021 00:57
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (78), 03/22/2017 09:31 (11), 11/06/2021 00:43 (4), 11/06/2021 00:57 (1)
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