Mozilla/Firefox prior 1.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Mozilla and Firefox. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-0143. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla and Firefox (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Firefox before 1.0 and Mozilla before 1.7.5 display the SSL lock icon when an insecure page loads a binary file from a trusted site, which could facilitate phishing attacks.

The bug was discovered 01/31/2005. The weakness was shared 03/23/2005 by Jesse Ruderman as Bug 257308 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-0143 since 01/25/2005. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 51 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21930 (CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)), 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 117973 (CentOS Security Update for Mozilla (CESA-2005:384)).

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9145.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19166), Tenable (21930), SecurityFocus (BID 12407†), OSVDB (13335†) and Secunia (SA14017†). The entries VDB-921, VDB-949, VDB-1115 and VDB-1185 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 21930
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : mozilla (CESA-2005:384)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mozilla/Firefox 1.0
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Timelineinfo

01/25/2005 🔍
01/31/2005 +6 days 🔍
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03/23/2005 +51 days 🔍
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04/03/2005 +11 days 🔍
04/28/2005 +25 days 🔍
07/05/2006 +433 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3170 days 🔍
06/05/2019 +1548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 257308
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2005-0143 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0143
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24104

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X-Force: 19166
SecurityFocus: 12407 - Multiple Mozilla/Firefox/Thunderbird Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14017
OSVDB: 13335 - CVE-2005-0143 - Mozilla And Firefox - Spoofing Issue
Vulnerability Center: 7473 - Mozilla Browser and Firefox Allow Spoofing the SSL via Binary File, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 06/05/2019 22:05
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (75), 06/05/2019 22:05 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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