Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.10 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.10. This impacts an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2010-3175. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.10 (Web Browser). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality 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:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.11 and Thunderbird 3.1.x before 3.1.5 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 10/21/2010 by Martijn Wargers with Martijn Wargers as Bug 590291 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3175. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/27/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50422 (Fedora 12 : firefox-3.5.15-1.fc12 / galeon-2.0.7-27.fc12 / gnome-python2-extras-2.25.3-22.fc12 / etc (2010-16885)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118663 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0782)).

Upgrading to version 3.6.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (50422), SecurityFocus (BID 44245†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27806†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-55194 and VDB-55193. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 50422
Nessus Name: Fedora 12 : firefox-3.5.15-1.fc12 / galeon-2.0.7-27.fc12 / gnome-python2-extras-2.25.3-22.fc12 / etc (2010-16885)
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OpenVAS ID: 68512
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.6.2
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08/27/2010 🔍
10/19/2010 +53 days 🔍
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10/21/2010 +2 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1599 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 590291
Researcher: Martijn Wargers
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3175 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3175
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55196

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SecurityFocus: 44245 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2010-3175 Multiple Memory-Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 42867
Vulnerability Center: 27806 - Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.11 and Thunderbird before 3.1.5 Remote Memory Corruption [CVE-2010-3175], Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 21:21
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (66), 03/08/2017 15:22 (12), 09/27/2021 21:11 (4), 09/27/2021 21:21 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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