Mozilla Firefox up to 11.0 XPConnect Hashtable resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 11.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component XPConnect Hashtable. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-0469. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 11.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component XPConnect Hashtable. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::indexedDB::IDBKeyRange::cycleCollection::Trace function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 11.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, Thunderbird 5.0 through 11.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to crafted IndexedDB data.

The weakness was released 04/24/2012 by Aki Helin (team509) with Oulu University Secure Programming Group as MFSA 2012-22 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0469 since 01/09/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.

A private exploit has been developed by Aki Helin. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58850 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0515)), 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 120189 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0515)).

Upgrading to version 12.0 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 12627.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (58850), SecurityFocus (BID 53220†), OSVDB (81515†), Secunia (SA48932†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026971†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-5005, VDB-5301, VDB-5302 and VDB-5303. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Aki Helin

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Nessus ID: 58850
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0515)
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OpenVAS ID: 71269
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 12.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2012-22
Researcher: Aki Helin (team509)
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0469 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0469
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5306

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SecurityFocus: 53220 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey IDBKeyRange Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Secunia: 48932 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 81515
SecurityTracker: 1026971 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof Web Sites, Obtain Information, and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 34960 - Mozilla Firefox <12, Thunderbird <12, SeaMonkey <2.9 Use-After-Free Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0469), Medium

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

Created: 05/03/2012 12:26
Updated: 10/21/2024 15:39
Changes: 05/03/2012 12:26 (86), 01/31/2018 09:53 (12), 03/24/2021 08:52 (3), 10/21/2024 15:39 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:CD9:103

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