Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-1737. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5 (Mail Client Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 1.x before 1.5 and 1.0.x before 1.0.8, Mozilla Suite before 1.7.13, and SeaMonkey before 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary bytecode via JavaScript with a large regular expression.

The bug was discovered 04/13/2006. The weakness was released 04/14/2006 by Georgi Guninski (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-1737 since 04/12/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21993 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0328)), 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 117722 (CentOS Security Update for Firefox (CESA-2006:0328)).

Upgrading to version 1.x eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3977.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (25808), Tenable (21993), SecurityFocus (BID 17516†), OSVDB (24661†) and Secunia (SA19631†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2162, VDB-2161, VDB-2158 and VDB-2157. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.8

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21993
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0328)
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OpenVAS ID: 56664
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1044-1 (mozilla-firefox)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 1.x
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Georgi Guninski (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-1737 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-1737
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-29666

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X-Force: 25808
SecurityFocus: 17516 - Mozilla Suite, Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 19631 - Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 24661 - CVE-2006-1737 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Integer Overflow Issue
Vulnerability Center: 11225 - Various Mozilla Web Browsers Remote DoS and Code Execution due to Integer Overflow, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-1356

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 01/20/2025 07:48
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (83), 06/16/2019 18:40 (9), 01/20/2025 07:48 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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