Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 14 WebGL Shader resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 14. The affected element is an unknown function of the component WebGL Shader. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-3968. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 14 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component WebGL Shader. 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 WebGL implementation 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 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to deletion of a fragment shader by its accessor.

The weakness was released 08/28/2012 by Vladimir Vukicevic (miaubiz) as MFSA 2012-62 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3968 since 07/11/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. Security researcher miaubiz used the Address Sanitizer tool to discover two WebGL issues.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61721 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1210)), 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 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 (61721), SecurityFocus (BID 55276†), OSVDB (84993†), Secunia (SA50088†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027450†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6036, VDB-6035, VDB-6039 and VDB-6040. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 61721
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2012:1210)
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OpenVAS ID: 71829
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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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: MFSA 2012-62
Researcher: Vladimir Vukicevic (miaubiz)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3968 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3968
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6056

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SecurityFocus: 55276 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-3968 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 50088 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84993
SecurityTracker: 1027450 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 35999 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey WebGL Shaders Use-After-Free Vulnerability Allows DoS, Medium

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

Created: 09/01/2012 21:13
Updated: 10/22/2024 00:53
Changes: 09/01/2012 21:13 (81), 01/31/2018 09:54 (11), 03/27/2021 16:04 (3), 10/22/2024 00:53 (15)
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