Mozilla Firefox 41 Netscape Portable Runtime PL_ARENA_ALLOCATE memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 41 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Netscape Portable Runtime. The manipulation of the argument PL_ARENA_ALLOCATE 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 weakness was released 11/03/2015 as MFSA 2015-13 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-7183 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/26/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86770 (Amazon Linux AMI : nspr / nss-util,nss,jss (ALAS-2015-608)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350262 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nss nspr nss-util nss-softokn jss: AL2012-2016-107).

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 (107816) and Tenable (86770). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 69225, 79039, 79040 and 79041.

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

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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 86770
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : nspr / nss-util,nss,jss (ALAS-2015-608)
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OpenVAS ID: 703393
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3393-1 (iceweasel - security update)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2015-13
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7183 (🔍)
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X-Force: 107816 - Mozilla Firefox NSPR denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1034069
Vulnerability Center: 54151 - Mozilla Firefox before 42 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 Remote DoS due to an Issue in NSS - CVE-2015-7183, High
SecurityFocus: 77415

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Created: 11/05/2015 10:51
Updated: 06/26/2022 09:52
Changes: 11/05/2015 10:51 (68), 03/10/2018 11:15 (9), 06/26/2022 09:52 (4)
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