Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.15 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.15. It has been rated as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-3778. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.15 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown function. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.16, Thunderbird before 3.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.11 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 presented 12/10/2010 by Jesse Ruderman as Bug 411835 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-3778. 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 $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/08/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 51180 (Debian DSA-2132-1 : 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 165547 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Mozilla (SUSE-SA:2011:003)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (51180), SecurityFocus (BID 45344†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024846†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28572†). See VDB-52958 and VDB-55704 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 51180
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2132-1 : xulrunner - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 68663
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2132-1 (xulrunner)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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10/05/2010 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 411835
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-3778 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3778
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55713

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SecurityFocus: 45344 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2010-3778 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 42716
SecurityTracker: 1024846
Vulnerability Center: 28572 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, 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 18:02 (4), 10/06/2021 18:09 (1), 12/08/2024 19:26 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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