Mozilla Firefox 11.0 OpenType Sanitizer numeric error

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox 11.0 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown code of the component OpenType Sanitizer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Off-by-one error in the OpenType Sanitizer in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.142 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OpenType file.

The weakness was published 04/24/2012 by Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Security Team as MFSA 2012-31 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-3062 since 08/09/2011. 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. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

A private exploit has been developed by Mateusz Jurczyk. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68518 (Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2012-0516)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120189 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0515)).

Upgrading to version 12.0 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 (74412) and Tenable (68518). Similar entries are available at 4957, 5002, 5003 and 5004.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Mateusz Jurczyk

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Nessus ID: 68518
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2012-0516)
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OpenVAS ID: 71288
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 12.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2012-31
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-3062 (🔍)
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X-Force: 74412
SecurityTracker: 1026877 - Google Chrome Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 34894 - Google Chrome < 18.0.1025.142 OpenType Sanitizer Off-by-One Error Allows Remote DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 53219 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey CVE-2012-0471 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 48932 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 81525

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

Created: 05/03/2012 13:00
Updated: 03/24/2021 09:08
Changes: 05/03/2012 13:00 (83), 01/31/2018 09:53 (12), 03/24/2021 09:08 (3)
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