Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.13 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.13 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0062. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.13 (Web Browser). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.6.x before 3.6.14 and Thunderbird 3.1.x before 3.1.8 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 shared 03/02/2011 by Igor Bukanov as Bug 599610 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-0062. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 3.6.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (65758), Tenable (52507), SecurityFocus (BID 46647†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-30850†). The entries VDB-52958, VDB-56688, VDB-56687 and VDB-56686 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 52507
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : firefox (CESA-2011:0310)
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OpenVAS ID: 69147
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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12/21/2010 🔍
03/01/2011 +70 days 🔍
03/02/2011 +1 days 🔍
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03/03/2011 +1 days 🔍
04/05/2011 +33 days 🔍
03/20/2015 +1445 days 🔍
10/18/2021 +2404 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 599610
Researcher: Igor Bukanov
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0062 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0062
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56689

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X-Force: 65758
SecurityFocus: 46647 - Mozilla Firefox CVE-2011-0062 Multiple Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 30850 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Remote DoS or Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2015 16:16
Updated: 10/18/2021 14:38
Changes: 03/20/2015 16:16 (65), 03/20/2017 09:30 (9), 10/18/2021 14:37 (3), 10/18/2021 14:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:281:103

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