Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 Javascript heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Javascript. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2005-2701. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Javascript. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XBM image file that ends in a large number of spaces instead of the expected end tag.

The weakness was published 09/23/2005 by Georgi Guninski as MFSA2005-58 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2701 since 08/26/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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 19835 (RHEL 4 : firefox (RHSA-2005:785)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115281 (Multiple Vulnerabilities in Firefox and Mozilla Suite (Mozilla Foundation MFSA 2005-58)).

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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22373), Tenable (19835), SecurityFocus (BID 15495†), OSVDB (19643†) and Secunia (SA16911†). Similar entries are available at VDB-779, VDB-1326, VDB-1757 and VDB-1758. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 19835
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : firefox (RHSA-2005:785)
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OpenVAS ID: 55515
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 838-1 (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: MFSA2005-58
Researcher: Georgi Guninski
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2701 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2701
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1765

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X-Force: 22373
SecurityFocus: 15495
Secunia: 16911 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19643 - Mozilla Multiple Browsers XBM Image Processing Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1014954 - Mozilla Firefox Integer/Buffer Overflows, Spoofing Bugs, and Access Control Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 9428
Vupen: ADV-2005-1824

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2005 12:40
Updated: 07/12/2024 12:45
Changes: 09/26/2005 12:40 (75), 01/31/2018 09:53 (9), 03/12/2021 07:31 (7), 03/12/2021 07:37 (1), 07/12/2024 12:45 (16)
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