Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0 mozilla::ResetDir resource management

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 21.0 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects the function mozilla::ResetDir. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::ResetDir function 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 06/25/2013 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as MFSA 2013-50 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-1686 since 02/13/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 66996 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0981)), 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 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 (66996). See 9281, 9282, 9283 and 9284 for similar entries.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 66996
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0981)
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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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-50
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-1686 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 40190 - Mozilla Firefox Before 22.0, Thunderbird 17.0.0 -17.0.6 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability via Heap-use-after-free in ResetDir (CVE-2013-1686), High
SecurityFocus: 60762
Secunia: 53953 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 94596

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/27/2013 12:50
Updated: 05/17/2021 14:12
Changes: 06/27/2013 12:50 (86), 01/31/2018 09:54 (1), 05/17/2021 14:12 (3)
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