Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 14 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 14. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2012-1971. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 14 (Web Browser). Affected is an unknown functionality 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to garbage collection after certain MethodJIT execution, and unknown other vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 08/28/2012 by Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Steve Fink, Bob Clary, Andrew Sutherland and Jason Smith as mfsa2012-57 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-1971 since 03/30/2012. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/31/2018).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 831729 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120451 (Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities (MFSA 2012-57 through MFSA 2012-73)).

Upgrading to version 15 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 X-Force (78078), Tenable (831729), OSVDB (84968†), Secunia (SA50088†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44279†). The entries VDB-6036, VDB-6035, VDB-6039 and VDB-6040 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 831729
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OpenVAS ID: 71829
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 15

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03/30/2012 🔍
08/28/2012 +151 days 🔍
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08/29/2012 +1 days 🔍
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01/31/2018 +1374 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: mfsa2012-57
Researcher: Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, Steve Fink, Bob Clary, Andrew Sutherland, Jason Smith
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1971 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1971
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6042

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X-Force: 78078
Secunia: 50088 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84968
Vulnerability Center: 44279 - Mozilla Browsers Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution, Critical

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

Created: 08/31/2012 10:46
Updated: 01/31/2018 09:53
Changes: 08/31/2012 10:46 (80), 01/31/2018 09:53 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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