Mozilla Firefox up to 59.0.3 WebRTC Encoder memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 59.0.3. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component WebRTC Encoder. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-5160. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 59.0.3 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component WebRTC Encoder. 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 bug was discovered 05/09/2018. The weakness was disclosed 05/09/2018 by Christian Holler (Basti) as MFSA 2018-11 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-5160 since 01/03/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/11/2023).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 109867 (Mozilla Firefox < 60 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370938 (Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities (mfsa2018-11 and mfsa2018-12)).

Upgrading to version 60.0 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 (109867), SecurityFocus (BID 104139†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1040896†). The entries VDB-117589, VDB-117590, VDB-117591 and VDB-117593 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 109867
Nessus Name: Mozilla Firefox < 60 Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 63368
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates(mfsa_2018-11_2018-12)-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 60.0

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03/11/2023 +1734 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2018-11
Researcher: Christian Holler (Basti)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-5160 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-5160
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117592
SecurityFocus: 104139 - Mozilla Firefox MFSA2018-11 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1040896

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/11/2018 10:45 AM
Updated: 03/11/2023 03:08 PM
Changes: 05/11/2018 10:45 AM (77), 02/04/2020 10:52 AM (10), 03/11/2023 03:08 PM (4)
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Cache ID: 244:504:40

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