Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird CVE-2011-2987 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:49226

Info

Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird CVE-2011-2987 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 49226
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2011-2987
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 16 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 10:16PM
Credit: Michael Jordon
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 11 SP1
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP4
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise SDK 10 SP3
SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.4
S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.11
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.9
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 24
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .9
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .8
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .6
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .5
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .4
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .19
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .17
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .16
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .15
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .14
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .13
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0 .12
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.9
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.8
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.11
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.10
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.11
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0.10
Mozilla Thunderbird 3.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.22
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21
Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.18
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.11
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.8
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1b2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.1 Alpha1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.9
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.7
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.5
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.4
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.14
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.13
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.12
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0.10
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Rc2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Rc1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 3
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 2
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0 Alpha 1
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.0
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.13
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.10
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.8
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.4
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.2
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.17
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.16
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.14
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.13
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.10
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.9
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.8
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.7
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.5
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.4
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.3
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1
Mozilla Firefox 3.5
Mozilla Firefox 5.0
Mozilla Firefox 4.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 4.0 Beta1
Mozilla Firefox 4.0
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.7
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.20
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.19
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.18
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.17
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.16
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.15
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.14
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.12
Mozilla Firefox 3.6.11
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 3
Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 2
Mozilla Firefox 3.6
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.19
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.18
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.17
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.15
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.12
Mozilla Firefox 3.5.11
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Thunderbird 6
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.3
Mozilla Firefox 6

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird CVE-2011-2987 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird are prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running an affected application. Failed attempts may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

NOTE: This issue was previously discussed in BID 49166 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-29 through -30 Multiple Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document it.

This issue is fixed in:

Firefox 6
Thunderbird 6
SeaMonkey 2.3

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird CVE-2011-2987 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird CVE-2011-2987 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


S.u.S.E. openSUSE 11.4

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