Mozilla Firefox prior 1.5 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Browser Engine. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-3654. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality 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. CVE summarizes:

The browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 8.0 and Thunderbird before 8.0 does not properly handle links from SVG mpath elements to non-SVG elements, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 11/09/2011 by Aki Helin as Bug 694953 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-3654 since 09/23/2011. 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 (estimation calculated on 11/26/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56762 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6c8ad3e8-0a30-11e1-9580-4061862b8c22)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120897 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 3 Missing).

Upgrading to version 1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56762), SecurityFocus (BID 50602†), Secunia (SA49055†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33772†). The entries VDB-60058, VDB-59589, VDB-59405 and VDB-59403 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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: 56762
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (6c8ad3e8-0a30-11e1-9580-4061862b8c22)
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OpenVAS ID: 70609
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 1.5

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09/23/2011 🔍
11/08/2011 +46 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1057 days 🔍
11/26/2021 +2440 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 694953
Researcher: Aki Helin
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3654 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3654
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59404

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SecurityFocus: 50602 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2011-3654 SVG '<mpath>' Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 49055 - SUSE update for MozillaFirefox, MozillaThunderbird, seamonkey, and xulrunner, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 33772 - Mozilla Firefox < 8.0 and Thunderbird < 8.0 SVG '<mpath>\x27 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/26/2021 09:05
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (65), 04/04/2017 23:32 (13), 11/26/2021 09:05 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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