Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.9 Layout Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.9. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Layout Engine. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-0775. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.9 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Layout 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the layout engine in Mozilla Firefox before 1.5.0.10 and 2.x before 2.0.0.2, Thunderbird before 1.5.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 1.0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code via certain vectors.

The bug was discovered 02/23/2007. The weakness was released 02/23/2007 by Jesse Ruderman, Martijn Wargers and Olli Pettay (moz_bug_r_a4) with Martijn Wargers as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0775 since 02/06/2007. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. 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 24703 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2007:0077)), 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 156209 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Thunderbird (ELSA-2007:0078)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 12 hours after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8954.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32704), Tenable (24703), SecurityFocus (BID 22694†), OSVDB (32114†) and Secunia (SA24205†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2704, VDB-2943, VDB-2963 and VDB-11812. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 24703
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2007:0077)
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OpenVAS ID: 58468
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1336-1 (mozilla-firefox)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.10
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman, Martijn Wargers, Olli Pettay (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0775 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0775
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35226

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X-Force: 32704
SecurityFocus: 22694 - Mozilla Thunderbird/SeaMonkey/Firefox Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24205 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 32114 - Mozilla Multiple Products Layout Engine Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1017698
Vulnerability Center: 14500 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Layout Engine Remote DoS and Possible Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0719

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 01/12/2025 17:28
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (98), 07/16/2019 07:52 (2), 01/12/2025 17:28 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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