27560 : Mozilla Multiple Products Simultaneous XPCOM Events Memory Corruption Arbitrary Code Execution
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7 327 over 5 years ago about 1 month ago 3 times 100%

Timeline
Vendor Informed Date Vendor Ack Date Disclosure Date Vendor Solution Date
2006-06-22 2006-06-23 2006-07-25 2006-07-25
Time to Patch Time to Vendor Response
33 days 1 days

Keywords

 c00771742, HPSBUX02153, SSRT061181

Description

Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.3, and 1.5.0.4, Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2, 1.5.0.3, and 1.5.0.4, and Mozilla SeaMonkey 1.0.2 contain a use-after-free error when handling simultaneously occurring XPCOM events. With a specially crafted web page, a remote attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Classification

 Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity, Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade Firefox to version 1.5.0.5, Thunderbird to 1.5.0.5, or Seamonkey to version 1.0.3, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
Mozilla Organization
Watch-list
Firefox
Watch-list
 1.5.0.3
1.5.0.2
1.5.0.4
1.5.0.1
Thunderbird
Watch-list
 1.5.0.2
1.5.0.4
1.5.0.1
1.5.0.3
SeaMonkey
Watch-list
 1.0.2

References

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-07-31 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_1 Integrity_impact_1 Availability_impact_1

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