Mozilla Firefox up to 12.0 nsFrameList::FirstChild resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox. Affected by this issue is the function nsFrameList::FirstChild. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-1940. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser). This issue affects the function nsFrameList::FirstChild. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsFrameList::FirstChild function in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 12.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, Thunderbird 5.0 through 12.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and application crash) by changing the size of a container of absolutely positioned elements in a column.

The weakness was released 06/05/2012 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Inc. as 2012-40 as confirmed knowledge base article (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1940 since 03/30/2012. 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 known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/21/2024).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59388 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0710)), 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 120275 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:0710)).

Upgrading to version 13.0 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 (59388), SecurityFocus (BID 53794†), OSVDB (82676†), Secunia (SA49344†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027120†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-5434, VDB-5487, VDB-5489 and VDB-5490. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.2

VulDB Base Score: 9.6
VulDB Temp Score: 9.2
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 59388
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:0710)
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OpenVAS ID: 71468
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2488-1 (iceweasel)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 13.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: 2012-40
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Inc.
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5501

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SecurityFocus: 53794 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird CVE-2012-1940 Use After Free Vulnerability
Secunia: 49344 - Debian update for iceape and iceweasel, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 82676
SecurityTracker: 1027120 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 35264 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey \x27nsFrameList::FirstChild\x27 Use-After-Free Vulnerability, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/08/2012 18:30
Updated: 10/21/2024 17:08
Changes: 06/08/2012 18:30 (80), 01/31/2018 09:52 (11), 03/25/2021 10:24 (3), 10/21/2024 17:08 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:E3B:103

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