Mozilla document.open() Memory Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:5759

Info

Mozilla document.open() Memory Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5759
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 19 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 19 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Reported by Mozilla.
Vulnerable: Mozilla Browser 1.0 RC2
Mozilla Browser 1.0 RC1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1
Mozilla Browser 1.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.2
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 8.0
Mozilla Browser 0.9.9
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.3
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.2
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.1.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i686
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i586
 + Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
 + Redhat Linux 7.2
Mozilla Browser 0.9.8
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.2.2
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.2.1
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.2.1
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.2
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.2
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.1
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.1
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0.4
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0.4
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows XP 0
 Mozilla Browser 0.9.7
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.2.1
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.2.1
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.2
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.2
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.1
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.1
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0.4
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0.4
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0
- Apple Mac OS 9 9.0
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0
- Apple Mac OS X 10.0
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP5
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP4
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP2
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP1
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
 - Microsoft Windows XP 0
 Galeon Galeon Browser 1.2.6
Galeon Galeon Browser 1.2.5
Galeon Galeon Browser 1.2.4
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Browser 1.1
Mozilla Browser 1.0.1
Galeon Galeon Browser 1.2.7

Discussion

Mozilla document.open() Memory Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability

Mozilla is a popular, freely available, open-source web browser. It runs on most Linux and Unix variants, as well as MacOS and Microsoft Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP operating systems.

A vulnerability has been discovered in Mozilla that will result in memory corruption. This issue occurs when document.open() is called as the action to be performed when a form is submitted. Under certain circumstances processing this data will result in memory corruption, resulting in a denial of service.

Exploit / POC

Mozilla document.open() Memory Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been supplied by bugzilla:

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=91590&action=view

References

Mozilla document.open() Memory Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability

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