Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.13 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.13. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2010-3174. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.13 (Web Browser). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.14, Thunderbird before 3.0.9, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 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 published 10/21/2010 by Jesse Ruderman as Bug 476547 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3174. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/27/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50453 (Debian DSA-2124-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165619 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla Suite (SUSE-SA:2010:056)).

Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (50453), SecurityFocus (BID 44246†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27790†). Similar entries are available at VDB-55199, VDB-55198, VDB-55197 and VDB-55196. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 50453
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2124-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 68458
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2124-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5

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08/27/2010 🔍
10/19/2010 +53 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1597 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 476547
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3174 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3174
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55195

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SecurityFocus: 44246 - Mozilla Firefox SeaMonkey and Thunderbird CVE-2010-3174 Memory-Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 27790 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability [CVE-2010-3174], Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 21:04
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (66), 03/08/2017 15:19 (9), 09/27/2021 20:56 (3), 09/27/2021 21:04 (1)
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