Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Browser Engine. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3169. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in 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 allow 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 09/09/2010 as Bug 584357 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3169 since 08/27/2010. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 118595 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0681)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (61657), Tenable (49181), SecurityFocus (BID 43118†), Secunia (SA42867†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27107†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4173, VDB-54722, VDB-54660 and VDB-54659. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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: 68088
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2106-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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08/27/2010 🔍
09/09/2010 +13 days 🔍
09/09/2010 +0 days 🔍
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09/13/2010 +4 days 🔍
01/10/2011 +119 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1529 days 🔍
09/24/2021 +2381 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 584357
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3169 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3169
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54661

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X-Force: 61657
SecurityFocus: 43118
Secunia: 42867 - Oracle Solaris Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 27107 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Browser Engine Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-2323

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/24/2021 16:14
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/04/2017 17:59 (11), 09/24/2021 16:14 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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