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A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 49 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. 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:
Memory safety bugs were reported in Firefox 49. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort that some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 50.
The weakness was released 11/15/2016 as MFSA 2016-89 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-5289. 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 01/31/2018).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95590 (openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird and NSS (openSUSE-2016-1407)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 169557 (OpenSuSE Security Update for Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2016:3011-1)).
Upgrading to version 50 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 (95590). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 93624, 93625, 93626 and 93627.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Nessus ID: 95590
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird and NSS (openSUSE-2016-1407)
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OpenVAS ID: 802170
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates (mfsa_2016-89_2016-90)-Windows
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Upgrade: Firefox 50
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: MFSA 2016-89
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-5289 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037298 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Bypass Security Restrictions, Spoof URLs, Modify Files, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
SecurityFocus: 94337
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Entry
Created: 11/16/2016 14:03Updated: 01/31/2018 09:56
Changes: 11/16/2016 14:03 (45), 01/31/2018 09:56 (23)
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