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
mx-19.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-19.4
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.4
srxevo-25.4
vsrx-26.2
srx-26.2
srx-branch-26.2
vsrx3bsd-26.2
mx-12.3
srx-12.3
srx-branch-12.3
vsrx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3761
False Positive
Unknown
CVSS Score
10.0
5.0