Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 2.0.0.1 Javascript Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 2.0.0.1 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Javascript Engine. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2007-0777. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 2.0.0.1 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Javascript Engine. 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. CVE summarizes:

The JavaScript 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 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain vectors that trigger memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 02/23/2007. The weakness was presented 02/23/2007 by Brian Crowder, Igor Bukanov, Johnny Stenback, moz_bug_r_a4 and shutdown with Martijn Wargers as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0777 since 02/06/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit 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 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. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 16005. 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 (32699), Tenable (24703), SecurityFocus (BID 22694†), OSVDB (32115†) and Secunia (SA24205†). See VDB-2704, VDB-2943, VDB-2963 and VDB-11812 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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: 58054
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.10

Snort ID: 16005
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Researcher: Brian Crowder, Igor Bukanov, Johnny Stenback, moz_bug_r_a4, shutdown
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0777 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0777
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35228

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X-Force: 32699
SecurityFocus: 22694 - Mozilla Thunderbird/SeaMonkey/Firefox Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24205 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 32115 - Mozilla Multiple Products JavaScript Engine Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1017698
Vulnerability Center: 14502 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey JavaScript Engine Remote DoS and Possible Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0719

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 01/21/2025 04:23
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (98), 07/16/2019 08:16 (3), 01/21/2025 04:23 (16)
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