Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5/1.5.0.2/1.5.0.4 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5/1.5.0.2/1.5.0.4. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-3804. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5/1.5.0.2/1.5.0.4 (Mail Client Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Thunderbird before 1.5.0.5 and SeaMonkey before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a VCard attachment with a malformed base64 field, which copies more data than expected due to an integer underflow.

The bug was discovered 07/26/2006. The weakness was presented 07/27/2006 by Benjamin Smedberg (moz_bug_r_a4) with TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-3804 since 07/24/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22162 (CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2006:0608)), 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 117663 (CentOS Security Update for Thunderbird (CESA-2006:0611)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.5 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 4326.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27985), Tenable (22162), SecurityFocus (BID 19181†), OSVDB (27563†) and Secunia (SA21228†). See VDB-2399, VDB-2397, VDB-2398 and VDB-2396 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22162
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 : seamonkey (CESA-2006:0608)
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OpenVAS ID: 57146
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Benjamin Smedberg (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: TippingPoint and the Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-3804 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3804
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31533

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X-Force: 27985
SecurityFocus: 19181 - Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21228 - Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 27563 - CVE-2006-3804 - Mozilla - Thunderbird, SeaMonkey - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016587
Vulnerability Center: 12456 - Mozilla Thnuderbird and SeaMonkey Buffer Overflow via a Vcard Attachment, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2998

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 01/13/2025 04:28
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (92), 06/24/2019 07:58 (4), 01/13/2025 04:28 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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