Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 xul.dll MakeTextRun resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3. The affected element is the function gfxWindowsFontGroup::MakeTextRun in the library xul.dll. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-1986. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function gfxWindowsFontGroup::MakeTextRun in the library xul.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via JavaScript code that creates multiple arrays containing elements with long string values, and then appends long strings to the content of a P element, related to the gfxWindowsFontGroup::MakeTextRun function in xul.dll, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1571.

The weakness was shared 05/20/2010 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-1986 since 05/20/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (58761) and Exploit-DB (12678). The entries VDB-53281 and VDB-53280 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 902186
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Denial Of Service vulnerabilities (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/20/2010 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1764 days 🔍
02/05/2019 +1419 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-1986 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1986
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53279

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X-Force: 58761

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

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 02/05/2019 15:06
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (55), 02/05/2019 15:06 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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