Mozilla Firefox up to 1.0.8 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox. This impacts an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-2982. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.20, Thunderbird 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.12, SeaMonkey 1.x and 2.x, and possibly other products 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 shared 08/18/2011 by Rafael Gieschke (TippingPoint) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as Bug 674545 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-2982. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/08/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68327 (Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2011-1165)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119512 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:1164)).

Upgrading to version 1.0.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (68327), SecurityFocus (BID 49166†), SecurityTracker (ID 1025940†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32746†). The entries VDB-58320, VDB-58319, VDB-58318 and VDB-58317 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 68327
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 : thunderbird (ELSA-2011-1165)
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OpenVAS ID: 70230
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2295-1 (iceape)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.0.9

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03/23/2015 +619 days 🔍
12/08/2024 +3548 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 674545
Researcher: Rafael Gieschke (TippingPoint)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-2982 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2982
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58309

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SecurityFocus: 49166 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-29 through -30 Multiple Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1025940
Vulnerability Center: 32746 - Mozilla Firefox 3-3.2.19 and Thunderbird 3-3.1.11 Multiple Memory Safety Issues (CVE-2011-2982), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/08/2024 21:18
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (65), 03/29/2017 18:26 (11), 11/18/2021 03:37 (3), 11/18/2021 03:44 (1), 12/08/2024 21:18 (18)
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