Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.26/9.0 XSLT Stylesheet memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.26/9.0 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component XSLT Stylesheet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.26 and 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird before 3.1.18 and 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed XSLT stylesheet that is embedded in a document.

The weakness was shared 01/31/2012 by Aki Helin as MFSA2012-08 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0449 since 01/09/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 840935 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119906 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0079)).

Upgrading to version 3.6.26 or 9.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72868) and Tenable (840935). The entries 4592, 4588, 4591 and 4590 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Private
Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 840935
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OpenVAS ID: 70719
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2400-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.6.26/9.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2012-08
Researcher: Aki Helin
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0449 (🔍)
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X-Force: 72868 - Multiple Mozilla products XSLT stylesheet code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1026605 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Permit Remote Code Execution, Information Disclosure, and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 34536 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote DoS\\Code Execution via a Crafted XSLT Stylesheet, Critical
SecurityFocus: 51754 - Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey/Thunderbird XSLT Stylesheets Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 47751 - Pale Moon Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 78740

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/21/2012 01:00
Updated: 01/31/2018 09:52
Changes: 02/21/2012 01:00 (80), 01/31/2018 09:52 (11)
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