Mozilla Firefox up to 52 Private Browsing memory corruption
CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 52 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Private Browsing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 04/19/2017. The weakness was released 04/19/2017 by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala with Zero Day Initiative as MFSA 2017-10 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-5429 since 01/13/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/21/2020).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100687 (EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2017-1092)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Huawei Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 157437 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for firefox (ELSA-2017-1104)).
Upgrading to version 53 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 (100687). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 100289, 100290, 100291 and 100292.
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CPE 2.3
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 100687
Nessus Name: EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : firefox (EulerOS-SA-2017-1092)
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OpenVAS ID: 881932
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for thunderbird CESA-2017:1201 centos7
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox 53
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2017-10
Researcher: Huzaifa Sidhpurwala
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-5429 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1038320
SecurityFocus: 97940 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-5429 - Mozilla - Firefox - Memory Corruption Issue
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Entry
Created: 04/20/2017 14:54Updated: 12/21/2020 08:21
Changes: 04/20/2017 14:54 (81), 09/18/2020 16:11 (8), 12/21/2020 08:21 (2)
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