Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2 NextCluster memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function ClusterIterator::NextCluster. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The ClusterIterator::NextCluster function in Mozilla Firefox before 19.0, Thunderbird before 17.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 02/19/2013 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as MFSA 2013-28 as confirmed advisory (Mozilla Blog). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-0778 since 01/02/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a private exploit are known. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/05/2021).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70183 (GLSA-201309-23 : 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 166191 (SUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox 19 (openSUSE-SU-2013:0323-1)).

Upgrading to version 19.0 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 Tenable (70183), SecurityFocus (BID 58030†), OSVDB (90420†), Secunia (SA52240†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1028162†). See VDB-7761, VDB-7762, VDB-7764 and VDB-7765 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

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Web Browser

Vendor

Mozilla

Name

Firefox

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open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 70183
Nessus Name: GLSA-201309-23 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 803423
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Feb13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 19.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-28
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0778 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 58030 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2013-21 through -28 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 52240 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 90420
SecurityTracker: 1028162 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 38490 - Mozilla Web Browsers ClusterIterator::NextCluster Unspecified Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/21/2013 03:05 PM
Updated: 05/05/2021 11:09 AM
Changes: 02/21/2013 03:05 PM (87), 04/24/2017 08:03 PM (5), 05/05/2021 11:09 AM (2)
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