Mozilla Firefox up to 58.x use after free

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 58.x and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes use after free. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-5128. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 58.x (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. 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:

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur when manipulating elements, events, and selection ranges during editor operations. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 59.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2018. The weakness was presented 03/13/2018 by Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Basti) as MFSA2018-06 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-5128 since 01/03/2018. 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. 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 02/17/2020).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108377 (Mozilla Firefox < 59 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370821 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (mfsa2018-06 and mfsa2018-07)).

Upgrading to version 59 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 (108377), SecurityFocus (BID 103386†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1040514†). See VDB-114730, VDB-114731, VDB-114732 and VDB-114734 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 108377
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox < 59 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 70227
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates(mfsa_2018-06_2018-07)-MAC OS X
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 59

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06/11/2018 +84 days 🔍
02/17/2020 +616 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2018-06
Researcher: Abdulrahman Alqabandi (Basti)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-5128 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5128
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114733
SecurityFocus: 103386 - Mozilla Firefox MFSA2018-06 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040514

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2018 10:30
Updated: 02/17/2020 20:00
Changes: 03/18/2018 10:30 (78), 02/17/2020 20:00 (9)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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