Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.12 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.12. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3777. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.12 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.13 and Thunderbird 3.1.x before 3.1.7 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 disclosed 12/10/2010 by Igor Bukanov as Bug 599607 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3777. 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 12/08/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51777 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0966)), 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 118874 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2010:0966)).

Upgrading to version 3.6.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51777), SecurityFocus (BID 45348†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024846†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28574†). The entries VDB-4223, VDB-55711, VDB-55710 and VDB-55709 are pretty similar. 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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Nessus ID: 51777
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2010:0966)
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OpenVAS ID: 68690
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.6.2

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 599607
Researcher: Igor Bukanov
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3777 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3777
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55712

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SecurityFocus: 45348 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2010-3777 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 42716
SecurityTracker: 1024846
Vulnerability Center: 28574 - Mozilla Firefox 3.6-3.6.12 and Thunderbird 3.1-3.1.6 Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 12/08/2024 19:26
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (63), 03/10/2017 10:37 (9), 10/06/2021 17:48 (4), 10/06/2021 17:55 (1), 12/08/2024 19:26 (17)
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