CVE-2011-3658

Mozilla Firefox nsSVGValue Out-of-Bounds Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The SVG implementation in Mozilla Firefox 8.0, Thunderbird 8.0, and SeaMonkey 2.5 does not properly interact with DOMAttrModified event handlers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving removal of SVG elements.

La implementación de SVG en Mozilla Firefox v8.0, Thunderbird v8.0, y SeaMonkey v2.6, no interactua correctamente con los manejadores de eventos DOMAttrModified, lo que permite a atacantes remotos provocar una denegación de servicio (acceso fuera de límites de memoria) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de vectores que implican la eliminación de elementos SVG.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Mozilla Firefox. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of nsSVGValue observers. A certain method call can be made to loop excessively causing an out-of-bounds memory access. By abusing this behavior an attacker can ensure this memory is under control and leverage the situation to achieve remote code execution under the context of the user running the browser.

*Credits: regenrecht

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.5

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2011-09-23 CVE Reserved
2011-12-21 CVE Published
2012-05-09 First Exploit
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-399: Resource Management Errors

CAPEC

References (21)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/77953	Vdb Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/47302	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47334	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48495	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48553	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48823	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49055	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026445	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026446	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026447	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=708186	X_refsource_confirm
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71910	Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14664	Signature

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18847	2012-05-09

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00001.html	2017-12-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00009.html	2017-12-29
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-03/msg00042.html	2017-12-29
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:192	2017-12-29
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:031	2017-12-29
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2011/mfsa2011-55.html	2017-12-29
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1401-1	2017-12-29

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				8.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				2.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version "2.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				8.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version "8.0"		-		Affected