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Summary
Title Mozilla WOFF decoder integer overflow
Informations
Name VU#964549 First vendor Publication 2010-03-23
Vendor VU-CERT Last vendor Modification 2010-07-28
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#964549

Mozilla WOFF decoder integer overflow

Overview

An integer overflow in the Mozilla Web Open Fonts Format (WOFF) decoder may allow a remote attacker to execute code on an affected system.

I. Description

The Web Open Fonts Format (WOFF) is a simple compressed file format for fonts. Mozilla introduced support for WOFF in the 1.9.2 branch of the base software, which is used by Firefox versions 3.6 and later.

An integer overflow error exists in the way the WOFF decoder handles the size of tables specified in the font file. This error could result in a buffer overflow vulnerability on a subsequent memory allocation. A remote attacker who is able to supply a malicious WOFF file could exploit this vulnerability.

II. Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attack may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the victim user.

III. Solution

Upgrade


Mozilla has addressed this issue in Firefox version 3.6.2. Users are encouraged to upgrade to this version of the browser.

Disable downloading of remote fonts

By performing the following steps, it is possible to prevent Mozilla from retrieving and displaying remote fonts.

  1. Enter "about:config" into the browser's address bar. This will display Firefox's configuration values.
  2. Set the following value to false:
    gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled

Systems Affected


Any Mozilla-derived product that uses the Mozilla 1.9.2 code could be affected.
VendorStatusDate NotifiedDate Updated
MozillaVulnerable2010-02-192010-03-23

References

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/18/firefox_zero_day_report/
http://blog.mozilla.com/security/2010/03/18/update-on-secunia-advisory-sa38608/
http://secunia.com/advisories/38608/
http://people.mozilla.com/~jkew/woff/woff-spec-latest.html
http://hacks.mozilla.org/2009/10/woff/
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552216

Credit

This vulnerability was reported to Mozilla by Evgeny Legerov of Intevydis.

This document was written by Chad R Dougherty.

Other Information

Date Public:2010-03-17
Date First Published:2010-03-23
Date Last Updated:2010-07-28
CERT Advisory: 
CVE-ID(s):CVE-2010-1028
NVD-ID(s):CVE-2010-1028
US-CERT Technical Alerts: 
Metric:16.87
Document Revision:17

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/964549

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-189 Numeric Errors (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7969
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7969
Title: Mozilla Firefox WOFF Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Description: Integer overflow in the decompression functionality in the Web Open Fonts Format (WOFF) decoder in Mozilla Firefox 3.6 before 3.6.2 and 3.7 before 3.7 alpha 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WOFF file that triggers a buffer overflow, as demonstrated by the vd_ff module in VulnDisco 9.0.
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2010-1028
 Version: 12
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7
 Product(s): Mozilla Firefox
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 6

ExploitDB Exploits

id Description
2013-08-19 Mozilla Firefox 3.6 - Integer Overflow Exploit

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-04-29 Name : Mandriva Update for firefox MDVSA-2010:070-1 (firefox)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_070_1.nasl
2010-04-16 Name : Mandriva Update for firefox MDVSA-2010:070 (firefox)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2010_070.nasl
2010-03-30 Name : FreeBSD Ports: firefox
File : nvt/freebsd_firefox45.nasl
2010-03-23 Name : Mozilla Firefox Unspecified Vulnerability (Windows)
File : nvt/secpod_firefox_unspecified_vuln.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
62416 Mozilla Firefox Unspecified Arbitrary Code Execution

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Mozilla Firefox WOFF font processing integer overflow attempt - CFF-based
RuleID : 16502 - Revision : 9 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX
2014-01-10 Mozilla Firefox WOFF font processing integer overflow attempt
RuleID : 16501 - Revision : 10 - Type : BROWSER-FIREFOX

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0500.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0501.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-08 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201301-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-08-09 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0500.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-25 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0501.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-23 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0500.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-06-23 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0501.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-04-14 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2010-070.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-24 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_5d5ed535365311df9edc000f20797ede.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-03-23 Name : The remote Windows host contains a web browser that is affected by Multiple V...
File : mozilla_firefox_362.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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