Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.10 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mozilla Firefox. Affected is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2010-3176. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Browser Engine. 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:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.14 and 3.6.x before 3.6.11, Thunderbird before 3.0.9 and 3.1.x before 3.1.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.9 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 disclosed 10/21/2010 by Jesse Ruderman (Paul) as Bug 594760 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3176. 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. The price for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/27/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68119 (Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2010-0780)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119073 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0861)).

Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68119), SecurityFocus (BID 44243†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27807†). The entries VDB-4218, VDB-55204, VDB-55203 and VDB-55201 are pretty similar. 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: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 68119
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2010-0780)
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OpenVAS ID: 68458
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2124-1 (xulrunner)
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Countermeasuresinfo

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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10/21/2010 +2 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +615 days 🔍
09/27/2021 +2384 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 594760
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman (Paul)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3176 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3176
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55197

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SecurityFocus: 44243 - Mozilla Firefox SeaMonkey and Thunderbird CVE-2010-3176 Multiple Memory-Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 42867
Vulnerability Center: 27807 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability [CVE-2010-3176], Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 21:46
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (66), 03/08/2017 15:22 (10), 09/27/2021 21:35 (4), 09/27/2021 21:46 (1)
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