Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 15 IME State Manager GetNameSpaceID resource management
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 15 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is the function nsIContent::GetNameSpaceID
of the component IME State Manager. 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 IME State Manager implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, Thunderbird before 16.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the nsIContent::GetNameSpaceID function.
The weakness was shared 10/09/2012 by Christian Holler (miaubiz) as mfsa2012-87 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3990 since 07/11/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
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 (79172) and Tenable (62484). The entries 6053, 6636, 6637 and 6639 are related to this item.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 62484
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1350)
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OpenVAS ID: 72533
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2565-1 (iceweasel)
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 16
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: mfsa2012-87
Researcher: Christian Holler (miaubiz)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3990 (🔍)
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X-Force: 79172 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey nsIContent::GetNameSpaceID() code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1027631 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Information, and Inject Scripting Code
Vulnerability Center: 36481 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey IME State Manager Use-After-Free Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 56131
Secunia: 50936 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 86102
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Entry
Created: 10/12/2012 11:23Updated: 04/18/2021 07:44
Changes: 10/12/2012 11:23 (89), 01/31/2018 09:53 (6), 04/18/2021 07:44 (3)
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