Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 24.0 Input Sanitizer use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 24.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Input Sanitizer. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-5591. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 24.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Input Sanitizer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 25.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.1, Thunderbird before 24.1, and SeaMonkey before 2.22 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 10/29/2013 by Jesse Ruderman, Christoph Diehl, Vladimir Vukicevic, Gary Kwong, Kannan Vijayan and Carsten Book with Mozilla as Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-93 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-5591 since 08/26/2013. 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 advisory points out:

Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption under certain circumstances, and we presume that with enough effort at least some of these could be exploited to run arbitrary code.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70701 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (81f866ad-41a4-11e3-a4af-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 195848 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-2010-1)).

Upgrading to version 25.0 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 (70701), SecurityFocus (BID 63405†), OSVDB (99083†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42126†). Additional details are provided at mozilla.org. The entries VDB-11046, VDB-11048, VDB-11049 and VDB-11050 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Firefox 24.0
  • Thunderbird 24.0
  • SeaMonkey 2.21
  • Firefox ESR 17.0.9

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 70701
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (81f866ad-41a4-11e3-a4af-0025905a4771)
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OpenVAS ID: 803349
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 Nov13 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 25.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2013-93
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman, Christoph Diehl, Vladimir Vukicevic, Gary Kwong, Kannan Vijayan, Carsten Book
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5591 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5591
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11047

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SecurityFocus: 63405
OSVDB: 99083
Vulnerability Center: 42126 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey Remote Code Execution and DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2013-5591), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2013 09:51
Updated: 11/25/2025 19:00
Changes: 10/31/2013 09:51 (54), 01/31/2018 09:54 (31), 06/01/2021 14:38 (3), 06/01/2021 14:42 (1), 11/25/2025 19:00 (15)
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