Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0 User Input Sanitizer memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component User Input Sanitizer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0 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 published 06/25/2013 with Mozilla as MFSA 2013-49 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-1683 since 02/13/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/17/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66999 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (b3fcb387-de4b-11e2-b1c6-0025905a4771)), 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 166423 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Regular Updates for Mozilla Applications (FF/TB) (openSUSE-SU-2013:1140-1)).
Upgrading to version 22.0 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 (66999). Similar entries are available at 9281, 9282, 9283 and 9284.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 66999
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (b3fcb387-de4b-11e2-b1c6-0025905a4771)
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OpenVAS ID: 850493
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for regular openSUSE-SU-2013:1140-1 (regular)
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Upgrade: Firefox 22.0
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Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2013-49
Organization: Mozilla
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CVE: CVE-2013-1683 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 40187 - Mozilla Firefox Before 22.0 Remote Code Execution and DoS Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption (CVE-2013-1683), Critical
Secunia: 53953 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 94590
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Entry
Created: 06/27/2013 12:46Updated: 05/17/2021 14:01
Changes: 06/27/2013 12:46 (76), 01/31/2018 09:54 (7), 05/17/2021 14:01 (2)
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