Mozilla Firefox up to 58.x Media Capture/Streams API data processing

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 58.x (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Media Capture/Streams API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data processing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-19. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2018. The weakness was shared 03/13/2018 by Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Basti) as MFSA2018-06 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-5142 since 01/03/2018. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108377 (Mozilla Firefox < 59 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370821 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (mfsa2018-06 and mfsa2018-07)).

Upgrading to version 59 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (108377). The entries 114730, 114731, 114732 and 114733 are related to this item.

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Class: Data processing
CWE: CWE-19
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Nessus ID: 108377
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox < 59 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 70227
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates(mfsa_2018-06_2018-07)-MAC OS X
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Upgrade: Firefox 59

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2018-06
Researcher: Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Basti)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-5142 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1040514
SecurityFocus: 103386 - Mozilla Firefox MFSA2018-06 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 03/18/2018 10:30
Updated: 02/05/2021 13:04
Changes: 03/18/2018 10:30 (78), 02/18/2020 07:27 (9), 02/05/2021 13:04 (3)
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