Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 href memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument href leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-2671. Moreover, an exploit is present. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument href 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long hostname in an HREF attribute in an A element, which triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.

The weakness was disclosed 05/01/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.grok.org.uk. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-2671 since 05/14/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at critical.lt. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63402 (GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33982), Tenable (63402), SecurityFocus (BID 23747†) and OSVDB (35700†). The entries VDB-5327, VDB-36612, VDB-37141 and VDB-40638 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 63402
Nessus Name: GLSA-201301-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST)
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OpenVAS ID: 18627
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201301-01
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/13/2015 +794 days 🔍
08/31/2018 +1267 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: lists.grok.org.uk
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2671 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2671
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36797
X-Force: 33982 - Mozilla Firefox HREF tag denial of service
SecurityFocus: 23747 - Mozilla Firefox Href Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 35700 - Mozilla Firefox HREF Tag Out-of-bounds Memory Access

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 08/31/2018 10:06
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (69), 08/31/2018 10:06 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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