Mozilla Firefox 26 Web Worker asm.js resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox 26. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file asm.js of the component Web Worker. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-1488. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox 26 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown function of the file asm.js of the component Web Worker. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving termination of a worker process that has performed a cross-thread object-passing operation in conjunction with use of asm.js.

The weakness was published 02/04/2014 by Soeren Balko as MFSA2014-11 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2014-1488 since 01/16/2014. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72312 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (1753f0ff-8dd5-11e3-9b45-b4b52fce4ce8)), 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 195432 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Regression (USN-2102-2)).

Upgrading to version 27 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 (72312), SecurityFocus (BID 65321†), OSVDB (102875†), Secunia (SA56706†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43141†). Similar entries are available at VDB-12168, VDB-12169, VDB-12170 and VDB-12171. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 26
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.23

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 72312
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (1753f0ff-8dd5-11e3-9b45-b4b52fce4ce8)
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OpenVAS ID: 850569
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for Mozilla openSUSE-SU-2014:0212-1 (Mozilla)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 27

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-11
Researcher: Soeren Balko
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1488 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1488
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12180

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X-Force: 90887
SecurityFocus: 65321 - Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey CVE-2014-1488 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 56706 - Cyberfox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 102875
SecurityTracker: 1029717
Vulnerability Center: 43141 - Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey Remote DoS and Code Execution During Termination of a Web Worker (CVE-2014-1488), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2014 11:02
Updated: 06/09/2021 04:34
Changes: 02/06/2014 11:02 (83), 01/31/2018 09:55 (5), 06/09/2021 04:20 (4), 06/09/2021 04:34 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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