Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.1 XUL Local File heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component XUL Local File Handler. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-0399. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.1 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component XUL Local File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in GIF2.cpp in Firefox before 1.0.2, Mozilla before to 1.7.6, and Thunderbird before 1.0.2, and possibly other applications that use the same library, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF image with a crafted Netscape extension 2 block and buffer size.

The weakness was presented 03/24/2005 by Michael Krax with ISS X-Force as MFSA2005-32 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0399 since 02/14/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

After 2 years, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at mikx.de. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19632 (Fedora Core 3 : firefox-1.0.2-1.3.1 (2005-246)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38417 (Mozilla Remote Heap Overflow and Sidebar Panel Script Injection Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 6503. In this case the pattern GIF is used for detection.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19269), Tenable (19632), SecurityFocus (BID 12881†), OSVDB (14937†) and Secunia (SA14654†). mikx.de is providing further details. See VDB-1304, VDB-1301, VDB-1416 and VDB-1299 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 19632
Nessus Name: Fedora Core 3 : firefox-1.0.2-1.3.1 (2005-246)
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OpenVAS ID: 52151
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Saint ID: exploit_info/firefox_gif
Saint Name: Mozilla Firefox GIF processing buffer overflow

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org

Snort ID: 6503
Snort Message: WEB-CLIENT Mozilla GIF multipacket heap overflow - ANIMEXTS1.0
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Suricata ID: 2001807
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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2005-32
Researcher: Michael Krax
Organization: ISS X-Force
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0399 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0399
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1298

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X-Force: 19269 - Mozilla GIF extension buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 12881 - Mozilla GIF Image Processing Library Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 14654 - Mozilla Firefox Three Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 14937 - Mozilla Multiple Browser GIF Processing Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 7425
Vupen: ADV-2005-0296

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/29/2005 11:04
Updated: 12/26/2024 20:44
Changes: 03/29/2005 11:04 (105), 01/31/2018 09:53 (3), 03/10/2021 17:39 (3), 06/27/2024 04:17 (16), 12/26/2024 20:44 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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