Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 empty denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4. Affected by this issue is the function empty. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2005-2114. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function empty. The manipulation 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 1.7.8, Firefox 1.0.4, Camino 0.8.4, Netscape 8.0.2, and K-Meleon 0.9, and possibly other products that use the Gecko engine, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via JavaScript that repeatedly calls an empty function.

The bug was discovered 06/28/2005. The weakness was shared 07/05/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at kurczaba.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2114 since 07/01/2005. 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.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 7 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21949 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2005:586)), 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 117890 (CentOS Security Update for Mozilla (CESA-2005:587)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (21188), Tenable (21949), OSVDB (17696†), SecurityTracker (ID 1014349†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-22114†). The entries VDB-1543, VDB-1609, VDB-1607 and VDB-1612 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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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 21949
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2005:586)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/05/2006 +347 days 🔍
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03/11/2015 +2117 days 🔍
09/04/2019 +1638 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: kurczaba.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2114 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2114
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25664

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X-Force: 21188
OSVDB: 17696 - Multiple Web browser JavaScript denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1014349
Vulnerability Center: 22114 - Mozilla 1.7.8, Firefox 1.0.4, Camino 0.8.4, Netscape 8.0.2 and K-Meleon 0.9 Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 09/04/2019 15:04
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (71), 09/04/2019 15:04 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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