Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 14 MapAllocToTraceKind resource management
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 14 (Web Browser). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is the function js::gc::MapAllocToTraceKind
. 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:
Use-after-free vulnerability in the js::gc::MapAllocToTraceKind function in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
The weakness was presented 08/28/2012 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as mfsa2012-58 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3963 since 07/11/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a private exploit are known. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/27/2021).
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61721 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1210)), 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 120453 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:1210)).
Upgrading to version 15 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 (61721). See 6036, 6035, 6039 and 6040 for similar entries.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 61721
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1210)
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OpenVAS ID: 71829
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 15
Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: mfsa2012-58
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3963 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1027452 - Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 36024 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2012-3963), Critical
SecurityFocus: 55340 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-3963 Use-After-Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 50088 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84962
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entry
Created: 08/31/2012 10:46Updated: 03/27/2021 15:05
Changes: 08/31/2012 10:46 (82), 01/31/2018 09:54 (11), 03/27/2021 15:05 (3)
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