Mozilla Firefox up to 13.0 resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The nsTableFrame::InsertFrames function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 13.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, Thunderbird 5.0 through 13.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.6, and SeaMonkey before 2.11 does not properly perform a cast of a frame variable during processing of mixed row-group and column-group frames, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

The weakness was disclosed 07/17/2012 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as MFSA 2012-44 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-1952 since 03/30/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. 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 59998 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1088)), 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 120366 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:1088)).

Upgrading to version 14 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12760.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (59998). The entries 5668, 5669, 5670 and 5671 are pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 59998
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1088)
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OpenVAS ID: 71511
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2012-44
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1952 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1027256 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Web Sites, Obtain Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 35587 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-1952), Critical
SecurityFocus: 54578 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 49965 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 83999

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

Created: 07/23/2012 16:40
Updated: 03/26/2021 10:04
Changes: 07/23/2012 16:40 (87), 01/31/2018 09:53 (13), 03/26/2021 10:04 (3)
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