Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.8 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Firefox. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-3179. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

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

Stack-based buffer overflow in the text-rendering functionality in Mozilla Firefox 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a long argument to the document.write method.

The weakness was published 10/21/2010 by Eduardo Vela Nava (regenrecht) with Martijn Wargers as Bug 583077 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3179. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50793 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0782)), 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 119073 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0861)).

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 10826.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (34881), Tenable (50793), SecurityFocus (BID 44228†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27791†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4218, VDB-55204, VDB-55203 and VDB-55201. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 50793
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2010:0782)
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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 1.0.9
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08/27/2010 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1610 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 583077
Researcher: Eduardo Vela Nava (regenrecht)
Organization: Martijn Wargers
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3179 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3179
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55200

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SecurityFocus: 44228 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2010-64 -72 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 42867
Vulnerability Center: 27791 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 12/01/2024 13:48
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (65), 03/08/2017 15:19 (11), 09/27/2021 22:42 (4), 09/27/2021 22:52 (1), 12/01/2024 13:48 (26)
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