Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 20.0/17.0.5 SetOffsets resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 20.0/17.0.5 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects the function gfxSkipCharsIterator::SetOffsets. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The gfxSkipCharsIterator::SetOffsets function in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.6, Thunderbird before 17.0.6, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 05/14/2013 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as MFSA 2013-48 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1677 since 02/13/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66429 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2013:0820)), 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 121179 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0820)).

Upgrading to version 21.0 or 17.0.6 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 (84261) and Tenable (66429). scmagazine.com is providing further details.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 66429
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2013:0820)
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OpenVAS ID: 892699
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2699-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 21.0/17.0.6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-48
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-1677 (🔍)
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X-Force: 84261
Vulnerability Center: 39650 - Mozilla Firefox Before 21.0 and Firefox ESR Before 17.0.6, Thunderbird and Thunderbird ESR Before 17.0.6 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1677), Critical
SecurityFocus: 59868 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2013-1677 Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 53402 - Red Hat update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 93422

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2013 16:50
Updated: 05/11/2021 14:49
Changes: 05/16/2013 16:50 (86), 01/31/2018 09:54 (3), 05/11/2021 14:49 (2)
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Cache ID: 13:BE7:103

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