Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.16 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Firefox. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2011-0078. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 3.5.x before 3.5.19 and 3.6.x before 3.6.17, Thunderbird before 3.1.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0072, CVE-2011-0074, CVE-2011-0075, and CVE-2011-0077.

The weakness was published 05/07/2011 by Ian Beer as Bug 635705 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-0078. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of 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 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67192), Tenable (53598), SecurityFocus (BID 47651†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31273†). Similar entries are available at VDB-57373, VDB-57372, VDB-57369 and VDB-57367. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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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 1.5

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

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 635705
Researcher: Ian Beer
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0078 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0078
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57370

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X-Force: 67192
SecurityFocus: 47651 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Out-Of-Memory Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 31273 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird Out-of-Memory Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/06/2021 03:57
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (65), 03/22/2017 09:31 (9), 11/06/2021 03:50 (3), 11/06/2021 03:57 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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