Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.4 Output memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.4. It has been declared as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Output Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-2260. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.4 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Output Handler. 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:

The browser user interface in Firefox before 1.0.5, Mozilla before 1.7.9, and Netscape 8.0.2 and 7.2 does not properly distinguish between user-generated events and untrusted synthetic events, which makes it easier for remote attackers to perform dangerous actions that normally could only be performed manually by the user.

The weakness was disclosed 07/13/2005 by Omar Khan, Jochen, shutdown and Matthew Mastracci (moz_bug_r_a4) with Secunia as MFSA2005-45 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2260 since 07/13/2005. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19260 (Fedora Core 3 : firefox-1.0.6-1.1.fc3 (2005-603)), 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 117890 (CentOS Security Update for Mozilla (CESA-2005:587)).

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 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (19260), SecurityFocus (BID 14242†), Secunia (SA16043†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8649†). The entries VDB-1323, VDB-1543, VDB-1609 and VDB-1607 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 19260
Nessus Name: Fedora Core 3 : firefox-1.0.6-1.1.fc3 (2005-603)
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OpenVAS ID: 55121
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 779-1 (mozilla-firefox)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2005-45
Researcher: Omar Khan, Jochen, shutdown, Matthew Mastracci (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Secunia
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-2260 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2260
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1602

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SecurityFocus: 14242 - Mozilla Suite, Firefox And Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 16043 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 8649
Vupen: ADV-2005-1075

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

Created: 07/15/2005 12:08
Updated: 07/10/2024 04:15
Changes: 07/15/2005 12:08 (80), 01/31/2018 09:52 (4), 03/11/2021 17:12 (7), 03/11/2021 17:16 (1), 07/10/2024 04:15 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:436:103

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