Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0 input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The nsWindow implementation in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 does not check the validity of an instance after event dispatching, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, as demonstrated by Mobile Firefox on Android.

The weakness was published 03/13/2012 by Masayuki Nakano (Nils) as MFSA2012-19 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0463 since 01/09/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58347 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (a1050b8b-6db3-11e1-8b37-0011856a6e37)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 3.6.28, 10.0.3 or 11.0 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 (58347). Similar entries are available at 4809, 4811, 4812 and 4813.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Access: Private
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Nessus ID: 58347
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (a1050b8b-6db3-11e1-8b37-0011856a6e37)
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OpenVAS ID: 71298
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2012-19
Researcher: Masayuki Nakano (Nils)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0463 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1026801 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 34648 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey nsWindow Allows Remote Code Execution\\DoS, High
SecurityFocus: 52466 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-0463 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 48402 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 80021

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2012 09:34
Updated: 03/21/2021 19:00
Changes: 03/16/2012 09:34 (77), 04/10/2017 11:49 (10), 03/21/2021 19:00 (3)
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