Mozilla Firefox up to 9.0 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox up to 9.0. This affects an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2012-0443. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 9.0 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code of the component Browser Engine. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox 4.x through 9.0, Thunderbird 5.0 through 9.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.7 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 02/01/2012 as Bug 715662 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0443 since 01/09/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/27/2019).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57785 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (0a9e2b72-4cb7-11e1-9146-14dae9ebcf89)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120400 (Solaris Multiple Vulnerabilities in Thunderbird).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (57785). The entries VDB-2829, VDB-4590, VDB-4594 and VDB-4593 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.5

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 57785
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (0a9e2b72-4cb7-11e1-9146-14dae9ebcf89)
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OpenVAS ID: 70738
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/27/2019 +1465 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 715662
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-0443 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0443
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60057

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 03/27/2019 16:01
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (65), 03/27/2019 16:01 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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