Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-1553. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. 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 weakness was released 09/02/2014 by Christian Holler with Dell as MFSA2014-67 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-1553 since 01/16/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 02/15/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 77494 (Firefox ESR 31.x < 31.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195604 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-2329-1)).

Upgrading 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 (95655), Tenable (77494), SecurityFocus (BID 69524†), Secunia (SA60148†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030793†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-67440, VDB-67442, VDB-67443 and VDB-67444. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 31.0
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.7
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 24.7/31.0

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 8.7
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Exploitinginfo

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

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 77494
Nessus Name: Firefox ESR 31.x < 31.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 803638
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities-02 September14 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-67
Researcher: Christian Holler
Organization: Dell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1553 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1553
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67441

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X-Force: 95655 - Mozilla Firefox andThunderbird code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 69524 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1553 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 60148 - Mozilla Firefox ESR / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030793 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 45983 - Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird Remote DoS and Code Execution via Unknown Vectors - CVE-2014-1553, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2014 10:32
Updated: 02/15/2022 08:31
Changes: 09/03/2014 10:32 (87), 06/05/2017 10:48 (4), 02/15/2022 08:28 (2), 02/15/2022 08:31 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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