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 rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function 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. CVE summarizes:
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 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 released 06/25/2013 with Mozilla as MFSA 2013-49 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-1682 since 02/13/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/17/2021).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66984 (Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121294 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0981)).
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 (66984). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 9281, 9283, 9286 and 9287.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 66984
Nessus Name: Scientific Linux Security Update : thunderbird on SL5.x, SL6.x i386/x86_64
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OpenVAS ID: 892716
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2716-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Upgrade: Firefox 22.0
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2013-49
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-1682 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 40186 - Mozilla Firefox Before 22.0, Thunderbird 17.0.0 -17.0.6 Remote Code Execution and DoS Vulnerability due to Memory Corruption (CVE-2013-1682), Critical
SecurityFocus: 60765
Secunia: 53953 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 94591
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Entry
Created: 06/27/2013 12:47Updated: 05/17/2021 14:06
Changes: 06/27/2013 12:47 (85), 01/31/2018 09:54 (1), 05/17/2021 14:06 (2)
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