Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.7 Javascript Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.7. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Javascript Engine. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2006-5748. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.7 (Mail Client Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Javascript Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.8, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 11/07/2006. The weakness was released 11/08/2006 by Martijn Wargers (shutdown) with Martijn Wargers (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-5748 since 11/06/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37577 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0733)), 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 1.5.0.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30096), Tenable (37577), SecurityFocus (BID 20957†), OSVDB (30303†) and Secunia (SA22722†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2544, VDB-2547, VDB-2543 and VDB-2548. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 37577
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2006:0733)
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OpenVAS ID: 57687
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1224-1 (mozilla)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Martijn Wargers (shutdown)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5748 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5748
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33186

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X-Force: 30096
SecurityFocus: 20957 - Mozilla Client Products Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22722 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 30303 - CVE-2006-5748 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Multiple Unspecified Issues
SecurityTracker: 1017177
Vulnerability Center: 13084 - Mozilla Web-Browsers Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities in the JavaScript Engine, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-4387

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 01/16/2025 22:34
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (92), 07/10/2019 17:19 (4), 01/16/2025 22:34 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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