Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6. It has been classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-4565. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.6 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code block. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.7, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a JavaScript regular expression with a "minimal quantifier."

The bug was discovered 09/14/2006. The weakness was presented 09/15/2006 by Martijn Wargers (shutdown) with Martijn Wargers (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4565 since 09/06/2006. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 22424 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0675)), 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 156230 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox (ELSA-2006:0733,ELSA-2006:0675,ELSA-2006:0610)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.7 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 9090.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28955), Tenable (22424), SecurityFocus (BID 20042†), OSVDB (28843†) and Secunia (SA21906†). See VDB-2544, VDB-2547, VDB-2543 and VDB-2548 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22424
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0675)
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OpenVAS ID: 57485
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1191-1 (mozilla-thunderbird)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.7
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Martijn Wargers (shutdown)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-4565 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4565
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32303

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X-Force: 28955
SecurityFocus: 20042 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21906 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 28843 - CVE-2006-4565 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1016846
Vulnerability Center: 12716 - Mozilla Web-Browsers Buffer Overflow via JavaScript Regular Experssions with a \, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3617

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 07/08/2019 16:11
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (83), 07/08/2019 16:11 (13)
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