Mozilla Firefox up to 2.0.0.14 drainoverflowlines resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox. Impacted is the function nsblockframe::drainoverflowlines. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-2811. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). Affected is the function nsblockframe::drainoverflowlines. 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. CVE summarizes:

The block reflow implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.15, Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 and earlier, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via an image whose display requires more pixels than nscoord_MAX, related to nsBlockFrame::DrainOverflowLines.

The bug was discovered 07/02/2008. The weakness was disclosed 07/07/2008 with Mozilla as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is shared for download at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-2811 since 06/20/2008. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33399 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0547)), 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 115851 (Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43521), Tenable (33399), SecurityFocus (BID 30038†), OSVDB (46675†) and Secunia (SA30878†). The entries VDB-3756, VDB-3757, VDB-3758 and VDB-3759 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33399
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2008:0547)
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OpenVAS ID: 61282
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1607-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2811 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2811
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43092

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X-Force: 43521
SecurityFocus: 30038 - Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.14 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30878
OSVDB: 46675 - CVE-2008-2811 - Mozilla - Multiple Products - Code Execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020419
Vulnerability Center: 18724 - Mozilla Firefox < 2.0.0.15 and SeaMonkey < 1.1.10 Block Reflow Code Execution and DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-1993

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 12/30/2024 02:13
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (75), 08/12/2019 10:03 (13), 12/30/2024 02:13 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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