Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 15 memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 15 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine 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 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was published 10/09/2012 by Christian Holler and Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4) as MFSA 2012-74 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with Mozilla. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-3982 since 07/11/2012. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74779 (openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2012:1345-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE 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 Tenable (74779), SecurityFocus (BID 55924†), OSVDB (86104†), Secunia (SA50936†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36452†). Similar entries are available at VDB-6053, VDB-6636, VDB-6637 and VDB-6640. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 74779
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-SU-2012:1345-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 72533
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2565-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 16

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2012-74
Researcher: Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman (moz_bug_r_a4)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3982 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3982
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6645

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SecurityFocus: 55924 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey CVE-2012-3982 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 50936 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 86104
Vulnerability Center: 36452 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Unspecified Remote Denial of Service [CVE-2012-3982], Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2012 11:33 AM
Updated: 10/22/2024 01:11 AM
Changes: 10/12/2012 11:33 AM (77), 01/31/2018 09:53 AM (11), 04/18/2021 07:47 AM (2), 10/22/2024 01:11 AM (17)
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