Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-1554. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0 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 disclosed 09/02/2014 by Christian Holler as MFSA2014-67 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-1554 since 01/16/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/15/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78817 (openSUSE Security Update : firefox / mozilla-nspr / mozilla-nss and seamonkey (openSUSE-SU-2014:1345-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE 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 (95656), Tenable (78817), SecurityFocus (BID 69526†), Secunia (SA62022†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1030793†). The entries VDB-67440, VDB-67441, VDB-67443 and VDB-67444 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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: 78817
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : firefox / mozilla-nspr / mozilla-nss and seamonkey (openSUSE-SU-2014:1345-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 803605
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 September14 (Windows)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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09/02/2014 +229 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-67
Researcher: Christian Holler
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1554 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1554
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-67442

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X-Force: 95656 - Mozilla Firefox andThunderbird code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 69526 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1554 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 62022 - SUSE update for firefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss, and seamonkey, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1030793 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 45984 - Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR and Thunderbird Remote DoS and Code Execution via Unknown Vectors - CVE-2014-1554, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2014 10:32
Updated: 02/15/2022 08:34
Changes: 09/03/2014 10:32 (88), 06/05/2017 10:48 (4), 02/15/2022 08:34 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:457:103

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