Mozilla Firefox up to 10.0 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 10.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0902. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 10.0 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 Jesse Ruderman as Bug 255067 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0902 since 09/23/2004. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3022.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17381), Tenable (14729), SecurityFocus (BID 11174†), OSVDB (9966†) and Secunia (SA12526†). Further details are available at vuldb.com. Similar entries are available at VDB-836, VDB-839, VDB-838 and VDB-835. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: mozilla.org
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 255067
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2004-0902 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0902
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-840

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X-Force: 17381
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 - Mozilla Browser / Firefox Web Browser multiple Cross Site Scripting Attacks, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/15/2004 14:10
Updated: 03/09/2021 19:02
Changes: 09/15/2004 14:10 (87), 05/02/2019 07:12 (6), 03/09/2021 18:56 (8), 03/09/2021 19:02 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:A19:103

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