Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0 array.join resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function array.join. This manipulation causes resource management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0464. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 3.6.28/10.0.3/11.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function array.join. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving an empty argument to the array.join function in conjunction with the triggering of garbage collection.

The weakness was shared 03/13/2012 by Vincenzo Iozzo (Nils) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as MFSA2012-19 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-0464 since 01/09/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a private exploit are known.

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 52465†), OSVDB (80020†), Secunia (SA48349†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026801†). Additional details are provided at zdnet.com. The entries VDB-4810, VDB-4811, VDB-4812 and VDB-4813 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Unproven

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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: Vincenzo Iozzo (Nils)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0464 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0464
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4819

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SecurityFocus: 52465
Secunia: 48349 - Red Hat update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 80020
SecurityTracker: 1026801 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 34647 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Empty Argument in \x27array.join\x27 Remote Code Execution, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2012 09:34
Updated: 10/21/2024 17:08
Changes: 03/16/2012 09:34 (80), 01/31/2018 09:54 (8), 03/21/2021 18:58 (3), 10/21/2024 17:08 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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