Mozilla Firefox 3.5/3.5.1/3.5.2 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox 3.5/3.5.1/3.5.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2009-3069. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3.5/3.5.1/3.5.2 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Browser 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 09/10/2009 by Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as Bug 506838 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3069. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52687 (SuSE 11 Security Update : Mozilla (SAT Patch Number 1328)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165656 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2009:048)).

Upgrading to version 3.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11658.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53152), Tenable (52687), SecurityFocus (BID 36343†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23462†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-49956, VDB-49955, VDB-49954 and VDB-49953. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 52687
Nessus Name: SuSE 11 Security Update : Mozilla (SAT Patch Number 1328)
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OpenVAS ID: 64855
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-9505 (epiphany-extensions)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.5.1
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 506838
Researcher: Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3069 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3069
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49946

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X-Force: 53152
SecurityFocus: 36343 - Mozilla Firefox MFSA 2009-47, -48, -49, -50, -51 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 23462 - Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - 3.5.2 Browser Engine Memory Corruption Unspecified Vulnerability, Medium

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

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/22/2021 10:40
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (68), 02/14/2017 16:29 (14), 08/22/2021 10:34 (3), 08/22/2021 10:40 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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