VDB-22292 · CVE-2004-1614 · BID 11440

Mozilla up to 1.8 HTML Tag MARQUEE denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla up to 1.8 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component HTML Tag Handler. Such manipulation of the argument MARQUEE leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1614. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla up to 1.8 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component HTML Tag Handler. The manipulation of the argument MARQUEE with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash from invalid memory access) via an "unusual combination of visual elements," including several large MARQUEE tags with large height parameters, as demonstrated by mangleme.

The bug was discovered 10/18/2004. The weakness was disclosed 10/18/2004 by Michal Zalewski (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.info. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2004-1614 since 02/20/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

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 databases at SecurityFocus (BID 11440†), OSVDB (11136†), SecurityTracker (ID 1011810†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-7700†). The entry VDB-22291 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Name

Mozilla

Version

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/18/2004 🔍
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10/20/2004 +2 days 🔍
02/20/2005 +123 days 🔍
04/27/2005 +66 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3639 days 🔍
05/31/2019 +1508 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1614 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1614
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22292
SecurityFocus: 11440 - Mozilla Invalid Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
OSVDB: 11136 - Mozilla - Invalid Pointer Dereference Issue
SecurityTracker: 1011810
Vulnerability Center: 7700 - DoS in Mozilla Browser <= 1.8 Alpha 2 via Invalid Pointer Dereference, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:21
Updated: 05/31/2019 18:33
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:21 (61), 05/31/2019 18:33 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103