Mozilla Firefox up to 60 Canvas memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox up to 60. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Canvas. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-12359. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 60 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Canvas. 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 bug was discovered 06/26/2018. The weakness was shared 06/26/2018 by Christian Holler (Alex) as MFSA 2018-15 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-12359 since 06/14/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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 03/29/2023).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 111980 (Mozilla Thunderbird < 60.0 Multiple 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 351350 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for thunderbird: ALAS2-2018-1061).

Upgrading to version 61 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 (111980), SecurityFocus (BID 104555†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1041193†). The entries VDB-120045, VDB-120046, VDB-120047 and VDB-120048 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 111980
Nessus Name: Mozilla Thunderbird < 60.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 61

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06/14/2018 🔍
06/26/2018 +12 days 🔍
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03/29/2023 +1623 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2018-15
Researcher: Christian Holler (Alex)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-12359 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12359
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-120044

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SecurityFocus: 104555 - Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1041193

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/28/2018 09:11
Updated: 03/29/2023 10:18
Changes: 06/28/2018 09:11 (76), 02/23/2020 06:43 (10), 03/29/2023 10:18 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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