Mozilla Firefox up to 12.0 CalculateHypotheticalBox Eingabe memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects the function nsHTMLReflowState::CalculateHypotheticalBox
. The manipulation as part of a Eingabe 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:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsHTMLReflowState::CalculateHypotheticalBox function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by resizing a window displaying absolutely positioned and relatively positioned elements in nested columns.
The weakness was shared 06/05/2012 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as 2012-40 as confirmed changelog entry (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1941 since 03/30/2012. 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 known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/25/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59388 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0710)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120275 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0710)).
Upgrading to version 13.0 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 (59388). The entries 5434, 5487, 5490 and 5492 are related to this item.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 59388
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0710)
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OpenVAS ID: 71541
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Upgrade: Firefox 13.0
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: 2012-40
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1941 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1027120 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 35263 - Mozilla Browsers \x27nsHTMLReflowState::CalculateHypotheticalBox\x27 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 53793 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird CVE-2012-1941 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 49366 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 82677
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Entry
Created: 06/08/2012 17:16Updated: 03/25/2021 09:45
Changes: 06/08/2012 17:16 (81), 01/31/2018 09:54 (11), 03/25/2021 09:45 (2)
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