Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.16 Web Workers resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.16. This affects an unknown part of the component Web Workers. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-0057. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.5.16 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component Web Workers. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Web Workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.17 and 3.6.x before 3.6.14, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.12, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a JavaScript Worker and garbage collection.

The weakness was published 03/02/2011 as Bug 626631 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-0057 since 12/21/2010. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 10/18/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52507 (CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2011:0310)), 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 119024 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:0310)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (52507), SecurityFocus (BID 46663†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-30014†). Similar entries are available at VDB-52958, VDB-56689, VDB-56688 and VDB-56687. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 52507
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2011:0310)
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OpenVAS ID: 69115
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2180-1 (iceape)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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12/21/2010 🔍
03/01/2011 +70 days 🔍
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03/20/2015 +1479 days 🔍
10/18/2021 +2404 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 626631
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0057 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0057
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56685

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SecurityFocus: 46663 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey JavaScript Worker Use-After-Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 30014 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Remote Arbitrary Code Execution due to Use After Free Error, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/18/2021 14:24
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (64), 03/17/2017 07:30 (10), 10/18/2021 14:24 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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