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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 15 (Web Browser). Affected is the function nsSMILAnimationController::DoSample. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 10/09/2012 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as mfsa2012-85 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-4181 since 08/08/2012. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62484 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1350)), 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 120583 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:1350)).

Upgrading to version 16 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79159), SecurityTracker (ID 1027631), Vulnerability Center (SBV-36474) and Tenable (62484). The entries 6053, 6636, 6637 and 6639 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Web Browser

Vendor

• Mozilla

Name

• Firefox
• Thunderbird

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

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Nessus ID: 62484
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1350)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 72477
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 16

Timelineinfo

08/08/2012 🔍
10/09/2012 +62 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: mfsa2012-85
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍
Coordinated: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-4181 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 79159 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey nsSMILAnimationController::DoSample() code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1027631 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Information, and Inject Scripting Code
Vulnerability Center: 36474 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey nsSMILAnimationController Use-After-Free Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 56130
Secunia: 50936 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 86100

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2012 10:53 AM
Updated: 04/18/2021 07:32 AM
Changes: 10/12/2012 10:53 AM (90), 01/31/2018 09:53 AM (6), 04/18/2021 07:32 AM (3)
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