Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 23.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 23.0. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-1719. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 23.0 (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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 24.0, Thunderbird before 24.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.21 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 09/17/2013 by ChristianHoller, Makoto Kato, Jesse Ruderman, Jason Smith, Jan de Mooij, Gary Kwong, Scoobidiver, Olli Pettay, Bobby Holley and Bob Clary (Inferno) with Google as Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-76 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-1719 since 02/13/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/25/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70036 (Fedora 19 : firefox-24.0-1.fc19 / xulrunner-24.0-2.fc19 (2013-16992)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195953 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-1951-1)).

Upgrading to version 24.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (70036), SecurityFocus (BID 62447†), OSVDB (97403†), Secunia (SA54821†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41536†). mozilla.org is providing further details. Similar entries are available at VDB-10400, VDB-10401, VDB-10402 and VDB-10403. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Firefox 23.0.1
  • Thunderbird 23.0
  • Firefox ESR 17.0.8
  • Thunderbird ESR 17.0.8
  • SeaMonkey 2.21

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 70036
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : firefox-24.0-1.fc19 / xulrunner-24.0-2.fc19 (2013-16992)
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OpenVAS ID: 803605
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Sep13 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 24.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-76
Researcher: ChristianHoller, Makoto Kato, Jesse Ruderman, Jason Smith, Jan de Mooij, Gary Kwong, Scoobidiver, Olli Pettay, Bobby Holley, Bob Clary (Inferno)
Organization: Google
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-1719 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1719
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10445

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SecurityFocus: 62447 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2013-76 through -92 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 54821 - Cyberfox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 97403
Vulnerability Center: 41536 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1719), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/24/2013 12:50
Updated: 05/25/2021 19:38
Changes: 09/24/2013 12:50 (86), 01/31/2018 09:55 (5), 05/25/2021 19:38 (2)
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