Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2702. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.6 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Firefox before 1.0.7 and Mozilla Suite before 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via Unicode sequences with "zero-width non-joiner" characters.

The bug was discovered 09/21/2005. The weakness was released 09/23/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2702 since 08/26/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 19995 (RHEL 4 : thunderbird (RHSA-2005:791)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l. 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 to version 1.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3893.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22375), Tenable (19995), SecurityFocus (BID 15495†), OSVDB (19644†) and Secunia (SA16911†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-779, VDB-1326, VDB-1757 and VDB-1758. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 19995
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 : thunderbird (RHSA-2005:791)
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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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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.7
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08/26/2005 🔍
09/21/2005 +26 days 🔍
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09/22/2005 +1 days 🔍
09/23/2005 +1 days 🔍
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10/06/2005 +13 days 🔍
10/11/2005 +5 days 🔍
10/26/2005 +15 days 🔍
11/18/2005 +23 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3400 days 🔍
06/10/2019 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2702 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2702
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26401

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X-Force: 22375
SecurityFocus: 15495 - SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 4 Released - Multiple Vulnerabilities Fixed
Secunia: 16911 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19644 - Mozilla Browser.Firefox - Zero-Width Non-Joiner Stack Corruption Issue
SecurityTracker: 1014954
Vulnerability Center: 9473 - DoS in Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Suite via Unicode Sequence with \x27zero-width non-joiner\x27 Chars, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2005-1824

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 16:51
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (94), 06/10/2019 16:51 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:21B:103

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