Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-2117. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via JavaScript code containing an infinite loop that creates IFRAME elements for invalid (1) news:// or (2) nntp:// URIs.

The weakness was published 06/01/2010 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2117. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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 09/14/2021).

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118946 (Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities).

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 (59086) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29453†). Similar entries are available at VDB-53424, VDB-53423, VDB-53422 and VDB-53421. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Web Browser

Vendor

Mozilla

Name

Firefox

Version

License

open-source

Website

Vendor: https://www.mozilla.org/
Product: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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OpenVAS ID: 801347
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox IFRAME Denial Of Service vulnerability (Windows)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/01/2010 🔍
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01/31/2011 +244 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1508 days 🔍
09/14/2021 +2371 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-2117 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2117
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53420

OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 59086
Vulnerability Center: 29453 - Mozilla Firefox 3.0.19, 3.5.x and 3.6.x Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability via JavaScript Code, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/14/2021 14:55
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (51), 03/14/2017 11:57 (10), 09/14/2021 14:55 (3)
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