Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2009-3979. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.0.16 and 3.5.x before 3.5.6, SeaMonkey before 2.0.1, and Thunderbird allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 12/17/2009 by Martijn Wargers with Martijn Wargers as MFSA2009-65 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-3979 since 11/19/2009. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67975 (Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : firefox (ELSA-2009-1674)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165665 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2009:063)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54799), Tenable (67975), SecurityFocus (BID 37361†), Secunia (SA37699†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1023333†). The entries VDB-4073, VDB-51185, VDB-51184 and VDB-51183 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67975
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : firefox (ELSA-2009-1674)
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OpenVAS ID: 66594
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1956-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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11/19/2009 🔍
12/15/2009 +26 days 🔍
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12/20/2009 +3 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +1300 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +614 days 🔍
08/30/2021 +2357 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2009-65
Researcher: Martijn Wargers
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-3979 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-3979
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51177

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X-Force: 54799
SecurityFocus: 37361 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2009-3979 Multiple Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 37699 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1023333 - Mozilla Firefox Bugs in JavaScript Engine and Browser Engine Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 24391 - Mozilla SeaMonkey < 2.0.1 and Mozilla Firefox Remote DoS and Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-3547

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/30/2021 06:59
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (69), 01/31/2018 09:55 (19), 08/30/2021 06:59 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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