Check Point Advisories

Mozilla Multiple Products Malformed SVG Use After Free (CVE-2011-0084)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2011-597
Date Published:	3 Jan 2012
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Friday 19 April, 2024
Source:	CVE-2011-0084
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Mozilla Foundation Firefox prior to 3.6.20 Mozilla Foundation Firefox prior to 6 Mozilla Foundation SeaMonkey prior to 2.3 Mozilla Foundation Thunderbird prior to 3.1.12 Mozilla Foundation Thunderbird prior to 6
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla Firefox, Seamonkey and Thunderbird.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is caused due to improper handling of SVG text containers. A remote attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a target user to open a web page or an email containing a specially crafted SVG file. Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your product to the latest update. For information on how to update , go to SBP-2006-05, Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R75 / R71 / R70

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Mozilla Multiple Products Malformed SVG Use After Free protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:
Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation
Attack Information: Mozilla multiple products malformed SVG use after free