Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 USP10.dll GetUnderlineOffset resource management

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3. The impacted element is the function gfxWindowsFontGroup::GetUnderlineOffset in the library USP10.dll. The manipulation results in resource management.
This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-1987. Furthermore, an exploit is available.
Details
A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 (Web Browser). Affected is the function gfxWindowsFontGroup::GetUnderlineOffset in the library USP10.dll. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption, out-of-bounds read, and application crash) via JavaScript code that appends long strings to the content of a P element, and performs certain other string concatenation and substring operations, related to the DoubleWideCharMappedString class in USP10.dll and the gfxWindowsFontGroup::GetUnderlineOffset function in xul.dll, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1571.
The weakness was published 05/20/2010 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-1987 since 05/20/2010. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.
The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $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 (58762) and Exploit-DB (12678). Similar entries are available at VDB-53281 and VDB-53279. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.
Product
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
- Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0
VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploiting
Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
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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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
05/20/2010 🔍05/20/2010 🔍
05/20/2010 🔍
03/19/2015 🔍
02/05/2019 🔍
Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2010-1987 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1987
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53280
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X-Force: 58762
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 03/19/2015 12:22Updated: 02/05/2019 15:09
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (55), 02/05/2019 15:09 (4)
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