Mozilla Firefox CVE-2011-2996 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:49845

Info

Mozilla Firefox CVE-2011-2996 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 49845
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2011-2996
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 27 2011 12:00AM
Updated: May 07 2015 05:16PM
Credit: Josh Aas
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
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
+ Linux kernel 2.6.5
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
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6
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 3.6.7
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
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Firefox 3.6.23

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox CVE-2011-2996 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox is prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability.

The issue occurs when parsing specially crafted files and can be exploited to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 49800 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-36 through -45 Multiple Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record for better documentation.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox CVE-2011-2996 Remote Memory Corruption 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 CVE-2011-2996 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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


MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2010.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64

References

Mozilla Firefox CVE-2011-2996 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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