Mozilla Firefox prior 1.0.9 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0066. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to OBJECT s mObserverList.

The weakness was shared 05/07/2011 by Martin Barbella (regenrecht) with Apple Product Security as Bug 634983 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0066. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/06/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 53598 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0471)), 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 119220 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:0471)).

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 11198.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67182), Tenable (53598), SecurityFocus (BID 47635†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31279†). The entries VDB-57373, VDB-57372, VDB-57370 and VDB-57369 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB 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: 53598
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0471)
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OpenVAS ID: 69570
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2227-1 (iceape)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9
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Timelineinfo

12/21/2010 🔍
04/28/2011 +128 days 🔍
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05/07/2011 +4 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1416 days 🔍
11/06/2021 +2420 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 634983
Researcher: Martin Barbella (regenrecht)
Organization: Apple Product Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0066 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0066
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57359

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X-Force: 67182
SecurityFocus: 47635 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-12 through -18 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 31279 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey mObserverList Object Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/06/2021 01:16
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 03/22/2017 09:32 (11), 11/06/2021 01:08 (4), 11/06/2021 01:16 (1)
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