Mozilla Firefox up to 38.x Browser Engine memory corruption

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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 38.x (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.8 and 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 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 shared 07/06/2015 by Karthikeyan Bhargavan (Paul) with Mozilla Developers (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-2724 since 03/25/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84550 (CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:1207)), 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 123836 (CentOS Security Update for thunderbird (CESA-2015:1455)).

Upgrading to version 39.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (84550). The entries 76277, 76278, 76280 and 76281 are related to this item.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 84550
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:1207)
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OpenVAS ID: 703300
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3300-1 (iceweasel - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 39.0

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1207
Researcher: Karthikeyan Bhargavan (Paul)
Organization: Mozilla Developers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-2724 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1032783
Vulnerability Center: 51004 - Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird Remote Unspecified Vulnerability - CVE-2015-2724, Medium
SecurityFocus: 75541 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 07/06/2015 10:17
Updated: 05/23/2022 09:33
Changes: 07/06/2015 10:17 (61), 07/03/2017 09:03 (14), 05/23/2022 09:28 (4), 05/23/2022 09:32 (1), 05/23/2022 09:33 (2)
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