Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0461. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.28 and 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird before 3.1.20 and 5.0 through 10.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.8 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 disclosed 03/13/2012 by Bob Clary as MFSA2012-19 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0461 since 01/09/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 802820 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120029 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0387)).

Upgrading to version 3.6.28, 10.0.3 or 11.0 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 (802820), SecurityFocus (BID 52464†), OSVDB (80018†), Secunia (SA48349†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026803†). The entries VDB-4810, VDB-4811, VDB-4812 and VDB-4813 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 802820
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OpenVAS ID: 71237
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2433-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2012-19
Researcher: Bob Clary
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0461 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0461
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4817

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SecurityFocus: 52464 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey CVE-2012-0461 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 48349 - Red Hat update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 80018
SecurityTracker: 1026803
Vulnerability Center: 34646 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Multiple Unspecified Issues Allow Remote DoS\\Code Execution, High

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2012 09:34
Updated: 12/24/2024 02:09
Changes: 03/16/2012 09:34 (71), 01/31/2018 09:53 (11), 10/21/2024 16:18 (16), 12/24/2024 02:09 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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