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A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox 4.0/4.0.1/5.0 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code. 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:
Heap-based buffer overflow in Almost Native Graphics Layer Engine (ANGLE), as used in the WebGL implementation in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, Thunderbird before 6, SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3, and possibly other products might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was shared 08/18/2011 by Rafael Gieschke (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as Bug 665934 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-2987. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/18/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55878 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (834591a9-c82f-11e0-897d-6c626dd55a41)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165573 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2011:037)).
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55878), SecurityFocus (BID 49166†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32742†).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 55878
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (834591a9-c82f-11e0-897d-6c626dd55a41)
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OpenVAS ID: 70261
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Timeline
08/01/2011 🔍08/16/2011 🔍
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03/23/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: Bug 665934
Researcher: Rafael Gieschke (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2987 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 49166 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-29 through -30 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 49055
Vulnerability Center: 32742 - Mozilla Firefox <6, Thunderbird <6 and SeaMonkey <2.3 Remote Code Execution due to Heap Overflow in ANGLE Library, Critical
Entry
Created: 03/23/2015 16:50Updated: 11/18/2021 05:36
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 03/29/2017 18:25 (11), 11/18/2021 05:22 (4), 11/18/2021 05:36 (1)
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