Mozilla Firefox 4.0/4.0.1/5.0 Browser Engine memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 4.0/4.0.1/5.0 (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:

The Ogg reader in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 5, SeaMonkey 2.x before 2.3, Thunderbird before 6, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly 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 672789 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-2992. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (55878). The entries 58320, 58318, 58317 and 58316 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: 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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 672789
Researcher: Rafael Gieschke (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2992 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 32738 - Mozilla Firefox <6, Thunderbird <6 and SeaMonkey <2.3 Remote Code Execution and DoS due to Memory Corruption in Ogg Reader, Critical
SecurityFocus: 49166 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-29 through -30 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 49055

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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/18/2021 07:17
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 03/29/2017 18:24 (11), 11/18/2021 07:11 (4), 11/18/2021 07:17 (1)
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