Mozilla Firefox 19.0/19.0.1/19.0.2/20.0/20.0.1 User Input Sanitizer _cairo_xlib_surface_add_glyph memory corruption

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 19.0/19.0.1/19.0.2/20.0/20.0.1 (Web Browser). This issue affects the function _cairo_xlib_surface_add_glyph of the component User Input Sanitizer. 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:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 21.0 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 05/14/2013 by Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Timothy Nikkel and Jeff Walden as MFSA 2013-41 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1669 since 02/13/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66455 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (4a1ca8a4-bd82-11e2-b7a0-d43d7e0c7c02)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166470 (OpenSuSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2013:0894-1)).

Upgrading to version 21.0 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 X-Force (84253), Tenable (66455), SecurityFocus (BID 59870†), OSVDB (93428†) and Secunia (SA53400†). scmagazine.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-8753, VDB-8754, VDB-8755 and VDB-8756 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 66455
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (4a1ca8a4-bd82-11e2-b7a0-d43d7e0c7c02)
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OpenVAS ID: 803606
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 May13 (Mac OS X)
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Upgrade: Firefox 21.0

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-41
Researcher: Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Timothy Nikkel, Jeff Walden
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-1669 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1669
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8759

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X-Force: 84253
SecurityFocus: 59870 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird CVE-2013-1669 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 53400 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 93428
Vulnerability Center: 39643 - 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-2013-1669), Critical

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Created: 05/16/2013 05:00 PM
Updated: 05/11/2021 03:19 PM
Changes: 05/16/2013 05:00 PM (82), 01/31/2018 09:54 AM (4), 05/11/2021 03:19 PM (2)
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