Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:51138

Info

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 51138
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2011-3658
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 20 2011 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:35PM
Credit: regenrecht
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 amd64
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 openSUSE 11.4
SuSE openSUSE 11.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 8.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.5
Mozilla Firefox 8.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 8.0
Mozilla Firefox 7
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.30
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Thunderbird 9.0
Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.6
Mozilla Firefox 9.0
Moonchild Productions Pale Moon 3.6.31

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey are prone to a memory-corruption vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

This issue is fixed in:

Firefox 9.0
Thunderbird 9.0
SeaMonkey 2.6

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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


MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2011

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

References

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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