Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.10/3.6.6 Selection Range Calculation nsTreeSelection resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.10/3.6.6. This issue affects the function nsTreeSelection of the component Selection Range Calculation. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-2760. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.10/3.6.6 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function nsTreeSelection of the component Selection Range Calculation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTreeSelection function in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a XUL tree selection, related to a "dangling pointer vulnerability." NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-2753.

The weakness was presented 07/20/2010 by Glafkos Charalambous with Verschiedene (siehe Mozilla Advisory) as MFSA2010-49 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2760 since 07/14/2010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 41 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49268 (Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : firefox, firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5, xulrunner-1.9.1, xulrunner-1.9.2 regression (USN-975-2)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118595 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0681)).

Upgrading to version 3.5.11 or 3.6.7 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61660), Tenable (49268), SecurityFocus (BID 42654†), OSVDB (66601†) and Secunia (SA41297†). See VDB-54661, VDB-54660, VDB-54659 and VDB-54658 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 49268
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 9.04 / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS : firefox, firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5, xulrunner-1.9.1, xulrunner-1.9.2 regression (USN-975-2)
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OpenVAS ID: 68088
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2106-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.5.11/3.6.7

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06/09/2010 🔍
07/14/2010 +35 days 🔍
07/20/2010 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2010-49
Researcher: Glafkos Charalambous
Organization: Verschiedene (siehe Mozilla Advisory)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2760 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2760
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4173

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X-Force: 61660
SecurityFocus: 42654 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey dwmapi.dll DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 41297 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 66601 - Mozilla Multiple Products nsTreeSelection Selection Range Calculation Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 27095 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey nsTreeSelection Use-After-Free Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2323

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

Created: 09/17/2010 02:00
Updated: 03/18/2021 10:17
Changes: 09/17/2010 02:00 (95), 01/31/2018 09:54 (13), 03/18/2021 10:17 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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