Mozilla Firefox ReplaceItem resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox. Affected by this issue is the function nsSVGPathSegList::ReplaceItem. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2011-0083. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is the function nsSVGPathSegList::ReplaceItem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsSVGPathSegList::ReplaceItem function in the implementation of SVG element lists in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18, Thunderbird before 3.1.11, and SeaMonkey through 2.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a user-supplied callback.

The weakness was disclosed 06/30/2011 by regenrecht as Bug 648090 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-0083. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/13/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75653 (openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-4761)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119343 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:0885)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11214.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75653), SecurityFocus (BID 48357†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31956†). The entries VDB-57832, VDB-57831, VDB-57830 and VDB-57829 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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: 75653
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (MozillaFirefox-4761)
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OpenVAS ID: 69975
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2268-1 (iceweasel)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/21/2010 🔍
06/21/2011 +182 days 🔍
06/21/2011 +0 days 🔍
06/22/2011 +1 days 🔍
06/30/2011 +8 days 🔍
06/30/2011 +0 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +1079 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
11/13/2021 +2427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 648090
Researcher: regenrecht
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0083 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0083
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57817

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SecurityFocus: 48357 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey SVG Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 45002
Vulnerability Center: 31956 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey Remote Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2011-0083), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 16:12
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 03/24/2017 12:12 (9), 11/13/2021 16:05 (5), 11/13/2021 16:12 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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