HTTP: Firefox Memory Exhaustion Crash

This signature detects attempts to exploit known vulnerabilities against Mozilla Firefox. A successful attack can result in a denial-of-service condition.

Extended Description

Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows XP SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via JavaScript code that performs certain string concatenation and substring operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-1571.

References

CVE: CVE-2010-1987

Short Name
HTTP:STC:MOZILLA:MEM-EX-CRASH
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
Drop
Category
HTTP
Keywords
CVE-2010-1986 CVE-2010-1987 CVE-2010-1988 Crash Exhaustion Firefox Memory
Release Date
04/18/2017
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3761
False Positive
Unknown
CVSS Score

10.0

5.0

Found a potential security threat?