Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.1. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-1531. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.1 (Mail Client Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors related to DHTML. NOTE: due to the lack of sufficient public details from the vendor as of 20060413, it is unclear how CVE-2006-1529, CVE-2006-1530, CVE-2006-1531, and CVE-2006-1723 are different.

The weakness was published 04/14/2006 by Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4) with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1531 since 03/30/2006. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22588 (Debian DSA-1046-1 : mozilla - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115354 (Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (22588), SecurityFocus (BID 17516†), Secunia (SA19631†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015919†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2162, VDB-2161, VDB-2158 and VDB-2157. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22588
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1046-1 : mozilla - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 56667
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1046-1 (mozilla)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-1531 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1531
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29660

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SecurityFocus: 17516 - Mozilla Suite, Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19631
SecurityTracker: 1015919
Vupen: ADV-2006-3748

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Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 01/20/2025 07:02
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (74), 03/26/2019 14:09 (7), 01/20/2025 07:02 (17)
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