Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.9 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.9. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-1201. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.9 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.10, Thunderbird before 3.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 06/24/2010 as Bug 524921 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-1201. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/08/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47788 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0499)), 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 118509 (Fedora Update for SeaMonkey (FEDORA-2010-10363)).

Upgrading to version 1.5.0.14 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9910.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (47788), SecurityFocus (BID 41050†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024139†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26137†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-53788, VDB-53787, VDB-53785 and VDB-53784. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 47788
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0499)
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OpenVAS ID: 67636
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2064-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5.0.14
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Timelineinfo

03/30/2010 🔍
06/22/2010 +84 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1729 days 🔍
12/08/2024 +3552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 524921
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-1201 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-1201
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53786

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SecurityFocus: 41050
Secunia: 40323
SecurityTracker: 1024139
Vulnerability Center: 26137 - Mozilla Firefox 3.0-3.5.9 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability via a Crafted Web Page, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/08/2024 05:57
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (64), 02/28/2017 11:04 (6), 09/18/2021 14:56 (4), 09/18/2021 14:58 (1), 12/08/2024 05:57 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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