Mozilla Firefox 1.7.3 Textbox heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Mozilla Firefox 1.7.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component Textbox Handler. This manipulation causes heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-0902. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 1.7.3 (Web Browser). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Textbox Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Mozilla Firefox before the Preview Release, Mozilla before 1.7.3, and Thunderbird before 0.8 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the "Send page" functionality, (2) certain responses from a malicious POP3 server, or (3) a link containing a non-ASCII hostname.

The weakness was published 09/14/2004 by Wladimir Palant as Bug 257523 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0902 since 09/23/2004. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at bugzilla.mozilla.org. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14729 (Mozilla < 1.7.3 / Thunderbird < 0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at mozilla.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17378), Tenable (14729), SecurityFocus (BID 11174†), OSVDB (9966†) and Secunia (SA12526†). Additional details are provided at secunia.com. Similar entries are available at VDB-836, VDB-839, VDB-838 and VDB-837. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.8

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 14729
Nessus Name: Mozilla < 1.7.3 / Thunderbird < 0.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 52370
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: thunderbird
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 257523
Researcher: Wladimir Palant
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0902 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0902
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-835

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X-Force: 17378
SecurityFocus: 11174 - Mozilla Browser Vcard Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 12526 - Mozilla Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 9966 - Mozilla Multiple Products nsVCardObj.cpp writeGroup() Function Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 5432

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/15/2004 12:13
Updated: 06/24/2024 23:46
Changes: 09/15/2004 12:13 (82), 05/17/2018 23:12 (6), 03/09/2021 18:13 (3), 06/24/2024 23:46 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:AE4:103

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