Mozilla Firefox 25.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Mozilla Firefox 25.0. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-5609. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 25.0 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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 26.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.2, Thunderbird before 24.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.23 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 12/10/2013 by Ben Turner, Bobby Holley, Jesse Ruderman and Christian Holler as MFSA2013-104 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5609 since 08/26/2013. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 71448 (Fedora 19 : thunderbird-24.2.0-2.fc19 (2013-23295)), 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 121631 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:1812)).

Upgrading to version 26 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (71448), SecurityFocus (BID 63676†), OSVDB (100807†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42538†). Similar entries are available at VDB-11451, VDB-11453, VDB-11454 and VDB-11458. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 71448
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : thunderbird-24.2.0-2.fc19 (2013-23295)
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OpenVAS ID: 881839
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2013:1812 centos5
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 26

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2013-104
Researcher: Ben Turner, Bobby Holley, Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-5609 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5609
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11450

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SecurityFocus: 63676
OSVDB: 100807
SecurityTracker: 1029470
Vulnerability Center: 42538 - Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote DoS and Code Execution Vulnerability Via Unknown Vectors, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2013 08:58
Updated: 11/25/2025 19:51
Changes: 12/12/2013 08:58 (78), 01/31/2018 09:55 (2), 06/04/2021 07:06 (2), 06/04/2021 07:12 (11), 06/04/2021 07:18 (1), 11/25/2025 19:51 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:001:103

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