Mozilla Firefox memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Firefox. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2011-2377. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18 and 4.x through 4.0.1, Thunderbird before 3.1.11, and SeaMonkey through 2.0.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a multipart/x-mixed-replace image.

The weakness was disclosed 06/30/2011 by Jordi Chancel as Bug 639303 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-2377. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (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)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55404), SecurityFocus (BID 48369†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31960†). The entries VDB-57833, VDB-57831, VDB-57830 and VDB-57829 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 55404
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0885)
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OpenVAS ID: 69998
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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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 639303
Researcher: Jordi Chancel
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2377 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2377
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57832

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SecurityFocus: 48369 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2011-2377 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 45002
Vulnerability Center: 31960 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey \x27multipart/x-mixed-replace\x27 Remote Memory Corruption, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 19:34
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (60), 03/24/2017 12:14 (9), 11/13/2021 19:27 (5), 11/13/2021 19:34 (1)
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