Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 14 Graphite 2 Run memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 14. This impacts the function MediaStreamGraphThreadRunnable::Run in the library Graphite 2. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-3971. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 14 (Web Browser). This issue affects the function MediaStreamGraphThreadRunnable::Run in the library Graphite 2. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) Graphite 2, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 15.0, Thunderbird before 15.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.12, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via vectors related to the (1) Silf::readClassMap and (2) Pass::readPass functions.

The weakness was shared 08/28/2012 by Christoph Diehl (vsemozhetbyt) with Mozilla as MFSA 2012-64 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3971 since 07/11/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a private exploit are known. Using the Address Sanitizer tool, Mozilla security researcher Christoph Diehl discovered two memory corruption issues involving the Graphite 2 library used in Mozilla products. Both of these issues can cause a potentially exploitable crash.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 61741 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (2b8cad90-f289-11e1-a215-14dae9ebcf89)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165433 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SU-2012:1167-1)).

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 (61741), SecurityFocus (BID 55304†), OSVDB (84996†), Secunia (SA50088†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027450†). The entries VDB-6036, VDB-6035, VDB-6039 and VDB-6040 are related to this item. 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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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 61741
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (2b8cad90-f289-11e1-a215-14dae9ebcf89)
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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 2012-64
Researcher: Christoph Diehl (vsemozhetbyt)
Organization: Mozilla
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3971 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3971
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6059

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SecurityFocus: 55304
Secunia: 50088 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84996
SecurityTracker: 1027450 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 36002 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows DoS, Medium

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

Created: 09/02/2012 09:03
Updated: 01/02/2025 12:03
Changes: 09/02/2012 09:03 (81), 04/16/2017 11:07 (9), 03/27/2021 16:19 (2), 01/02/2025 12:03 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:CEF:103

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