Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird Web Audio memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Web Audio Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, and availability.

The weakness was published 09/02/2014 by Holger Fuhrmannek as MFSA2014-70 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1565 since 01/16/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82632 (GLSA-201504-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195604 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-2329-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (95659), Tenable (82632), SecurityFocus (BID 69521†), Secunia (SA60148†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030793†). Similar entries are available at VDB-13561, VDB-67440, VDB-67441 and VDB-67442.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 31.0
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.7
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 24.7/31.0

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 82632
Nessus Name: GLSA-201504-01 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 803638
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 September14 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-70
Researcher: Holger Fuhrmannek
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1565 (🔍)
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X-Force: 95659 - Mozilla Firefox andThunderbird Web Audio denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 69521 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1565 Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 60148 - Mozilla Firefox ESR / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030793 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 45987 - Mozilla Firefox <31.1 and Thunderbird <31.1 Remote DoS in Web Audio - CVE-2014-1565, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2014 10:34 AM
Updated: 02/15/2022 08:47 AM
Changes: 09/03/2014 10:34 AM (86), 06/05/2017 10:49 AM (4), 02/15/2022 08:46 AM (3), 02/15/2022 08:47 AM (1)
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