Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 14 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 14. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Browser Engine. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-1970. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 14 (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, Thunderbird before 15.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.7, 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 unknown vectors.

The weakness was presented 08/28/2012 by Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, John Schoenick, Vladimir Vukicevic and Daniel Holbert as mfsa2012-57 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1970 since 03/30/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/22/2024).

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68608 (Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2012-1211)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120453 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:1210)).

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 Tenable (68608), SecurityFocus (BID 55266†), OSVDB (84969†), Secunia (SA50088†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35989†). See VDB-6036, VDB-6035, VDB-6039 and VDB-6040 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 68608
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : thunderbird (ELSA-2012-1211)
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OpenVAS ID: 892553
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2553-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 15

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: mfsa2012-57
Researcher: Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Jesse Ruderman, John Schoenick, Vladimir Vukicevic, Daniel Holbert
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1970 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1970
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6043

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SecurityFocus: 55266 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/Seamonkey CVE-2012-1970 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50088 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84969
Vulnerability Center: 35989 - 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 12:02
Updated: 10/22/2024 00:23
Changes: 08/31/2012 12:02 (76), 01/31/2018 09:53 (11), 03/27/2021 15:24 (2), 10/22/2024 00:23 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:3FC:103

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