Mozilla Firefox prior 1.5 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Browser Engine. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2011-2376. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been classified as very critical. This affects an unknown code 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18 and Thunderbird before 3.1.11 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 released 06/30/2011 by Martin Barbella (Nils) as Bug 650874 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-2376. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 11/13/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55404 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0885)), 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 119343 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:0885)).

Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55404), SecurityFocus (BID 48354†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31962†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-57833, VDB-57832, VDB-57830 and VDB-57829. 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

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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: 55404
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0885)
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OpenVAS ID: 69975
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2268-1 (iceweasel)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5

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06/21/2011 +18 days 🔍
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06/30/2011 +8 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1362 days 🔍
11/13/2021 +2427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 650874
Researcher: Martin Barbella (Nils)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2376 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2376
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57831

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SecurityFocus: 48354 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-19 through -28 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 45002
Vulnerability Center: 31962 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2011-2376), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 19:19
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 03/24/2017 12:14 (10), 11/13/2021 19:11 (4), 11/13/2021 19:19 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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