Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6 Seamonkey memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown part of the file Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey. 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 Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), corrupt memory, and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, some of which involve JavaScript, and possibly large images or plugin data.

The weakness was released 09/14/2006 by Igor Bukanov (shutdown) with Martijn Wargers as Bug 350312 as confirmed changelog entry (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4571 since 09/06/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22424 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0675)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156230 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox (ELSA-2006:0733,ELSA-2006:0675,ELSA-2006:0610)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (22424). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 2544, 2547, 2543 and 2548.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22424
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0675)
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OpenVAS ID: 57485
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1191-1 (mozilla-thunderbird)
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.7

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 350312
Researcher: Igor Bukanov (shutdown)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4571 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1016846
SecurityFocus: 20042 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21906 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 95339
Vupen: ADV-2006-3617

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Created: 07/18/2013 12:28
Updated: 05/07/2018 09:09
Changes: 07/18/2013 12:28 (80), 05/07/2018 09:09 (7)
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