Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3168. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

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 do not properly restrict the role of property changes in triggering XUL tree removal, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deleted memory access and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by setting unspecified properties.

The weakness was published 09/09/2010 by regenrecht as Bug 576075 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3168 since 08/27/2010. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit 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 118595 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0681)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9984.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61653), Tenable (49181), SecurityFocus (BID 43108†), Secunia (SA42867†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27106†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4173, VDB-54722, VDB-54661 and VDB-54659. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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: 68088
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2106-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
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08/27/2010 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1529 days 🔍
09/24/2021 +2381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 576075
Researcher: regenrecht
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3168 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3168
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54660

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X-Force: 61653
SecurityFocus: 43108 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey CVE-2010-3168 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 42867 - Oracle Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 27106 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey XUL Tree Removal DoS or Remote Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2323

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 16:07
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (66), 03/04/2017 17:58 (14), 09/24/2021 16:07 (2)
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