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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0164

Original release date:03/25/2010
Last revised:08/21/2010
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Use-after-free vulnerability in the imgContainer::InternalAddFrameHelper function in src/imgContainer.cpp in libpr0n in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a multipart/x-mixed-replace animation in which the frames have different bits-per-pixel (bpp) values.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547143
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-047
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-0692
External Source: BID
Name: 38921
External Source: BID
Name: 38918
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20100402 ZDI-10-047: Mozilla Firefox libpr0n imgContainer Bits-Per-Pixel Change Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2010/mfsa2010-09.html
Type: Advisory
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2010:070
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8703

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8703
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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  • Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)