Mozilla Firefox up to 10.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 10.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-0462. The attack may be performed from remote. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 10.2 (Web Browser). Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 10.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.3, Thunderbird 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 presented 03/13/2012 by Christian Holler (Nils) as MFSA2012-19 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-0462 since 01/09/2012. 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. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58344 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0387)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. 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 (58344), SecurityFocus (BID 52467†), OSVDB (80019†), Secunia (SA48349†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026801†). See VDB-4810, VDB-4811, VDB-4812 and VDB-4813 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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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: 58344
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0387)
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OpenVAS ID: 71298
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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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: Christian Holler (Nils)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0462 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0462
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4818

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SecurityFocus: 52467 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-0462 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 48349 - Red Hat update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 80019
SecurityTracker: 1026801 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 34649 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Multiple Unspecified Vulnerabilities Allow Remote DoS, Medium

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

Created: 03/16/2012 09:34
Updated: 10/21/2024 16:18
Changes: 03/16/2012 09:34 (78), 01/31/2018 09:54 (11), 03/21/2021 18:52 (2), 10/21/2024 16:18 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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