Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1/3.5.2/3.5.3 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1/3.5.2/3.5.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-3379. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1/3.5.2/3.5.3 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in libvorbis, as used in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.4, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2009-2663.

The weakness was shared 10/29/2009 as Bug 500254 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-3379. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/24/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67071 (CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : libvorbis (CESA-2009:1561)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116565 (Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA 2009-52 through MFSA 2009-64)).

Upgrading to version 3.5.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (67071), SecurityFocus (BID 36018†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23906†). The entries VDB-4052, VDB-50648, VDB-50646 and VDB-50643 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 67071
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : libvorbis (CESA-2009:1561)
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OpenVAS ID: 66331
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1939-1 (libvorbis)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.5.1
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09/24/2009 +75 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 500254
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3379 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3379
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50644

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SecurityFocus: 36018 - libvorbis OGG Vorbis Processing Multiple Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 23906 - Mozilla Firefox Prior to 3.5.4 libvorbis Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/24/2021 19:57
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (66), 02/16/2017 10:07 (8), 08/24/2021 19:50 (3), 08/24/2021 19:57 (1)
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