Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2010-2770. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects an unknown functionality. 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:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.12 and 3.6.x before 3.6.9, Thunderbird before 3.0.7 and 3.1.x before 3.1.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.7 on Mac OS X allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in a data: URL.

The weakness was disclosed 09/09/2010 as Bug 583520 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2770 since 07/14/2010. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. 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 49181 (CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0680)), 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 165613 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SA:2010:049)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61663), Tenable (49181) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27108†). The entries VDB-54661, VDB-54660, VDB-54659 and VDB-54658 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

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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: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 49181
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : seamonkey (CESA-2010:0680)
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OpenVAS ID: 67994
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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09/09/2010 +57 days 🔍
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09/13/2010 +4 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1648 days 🔍
09/24/2021 +2381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 583520
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2770 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2770
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54657

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X-Force: 61663
SecurityFocus: 43045
Vulnerability Center: 27108 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey on MacOS X Remote DoS or Code Execution via Data:URL, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2323

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 15:50
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (60), 03/04/2017 17:59 (10), 09/24/2021 15:50 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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