Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 17.0 nsHTMLEditRules resource management

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0 (Web Browser). Affected is the function nsHTMLEditRules. 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. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the ~nsHTMLEditRules implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.1, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 01/08/2013 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as MFSA 2013-02 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 traded as CVE-2013-0766 since 01/02/2013. 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 and a private exploit are known.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63431 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144)), 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 120795 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0144)).

Upgrading to version 18.0 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 (81800), Tenable (63431), SecurityFocus (BID 57194†), OSVDB (89001†) and Secunia (SA51752†). The entries VDB-7280, VDB-7281, VDB-7282 and VDB-7283 are related to this item.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 63431
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144)
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OpenVAS ID: 881565
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2013:0144 centos5
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 18.0

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-02
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
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CVE: CVE-2013-0766 (🔍)
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X-Force: 81800 - Oracle Java Runtime Environment CVE-2013-0438 information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 57194 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2013-0766 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 51752 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 89001
SecurityTracker: 1027955 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof URLs, and Bypass Same-Origin Policy
Vulnerability Center: 37971 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution - CVE-2013-0766, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 01/10/2013 02:46 PM
Updated: 04/20/2021 04:48 PM
Changes: 01/10/2013 02:46 PM (55), 01/31/2018 09:54 AM (41), 04/20/2021 04:48 PM (3)
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