Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.16 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2011-0080. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities 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 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 disclosed 05/07/2011 by Martin Barbella (regenrecht) with Apple Product Security as Bug 638236 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-0080. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (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 (67188), Tenable (53598), SecurityFocus (BID 47635†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31269†). The entries VDB-57373, VDB-57370, VDB-57369 and VDB-57367 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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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11/06/2021 +2420 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 638236
Researcher: Martin Barbella (regenrecht)
Organization: Apple Product Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0080 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0080
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57372

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X-Force: 67188
SecurityFocus: 47635 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-12 through -18 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 31269 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey and Thunderbird HTML Related Memory Corruption Vulnerability (2), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/06/2021 04:43
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (65), 03/22/2017 09:30 (11), 11/06/2021 04:28 (3), 11/06/2021 04:43 (1)
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