Mozilla Firefox 42 Texture AllocateForSurface numeric error

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 42 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. This affects the function mozilla::layers::BufferTextureClient::AllocateForSurface of the component Texture Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-189. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 12/15/2015 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as MFSA2015-139 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7212 since 09/16/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The advisory points out:

Security researcher Abhishek Arya (Inferno) of the Google Chrome Security Team used the Address Sanitizer tool to discover an integer overflow when when allocating textures of extremely larges sizes during graphics operations. This results in a potentially exploitable crash when triggered.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87425 (CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:2657)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 157094 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2016-0001)).

Upgrading to version 43 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (87425). The entries 79804, 79805, 79818 and 79819 are related to this item.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 87425
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:2657)
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OpenVAS ID: 703422
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3422-1 (iceweasel - security update)
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Upgrade: Firefox 43

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2015-139
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7212 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1034426
Vulnerability Center: 55294 - Mozilla Firefox <43 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.5 Remote DoS or Code Execution - CVE-2015-7212, High
SecurityFocus: 79279 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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Created: 12/16/2015 11:30
Updated: 07/01/2022 08:40
Changes: 12/16/2015 11:30 (73), 05/15/2018 09:10 (11), 07/01/2022 08:40 (4)
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