Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 16.0.1/16.0.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 16.0.1/16.0.2. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-5842. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 16.0.1/16.0.2 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown function. 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 17.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, Thunderbird before 17.0, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.11, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 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 released 11/20/2012 by Jesse Ruderman, Andrew McCreight and Bob Clary as MFSA 2012-91 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-5842 since 11/05/2012. 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.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 841230 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120702 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2012:1482)).

Upgrading to version 17.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at mozilla.org. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (80169), Tenable (841230), SecurityFocus (BID 56611†), OSVDB (87596†) and Secunia (SA51358†). bugzilla.mozilla.org is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6971, VDB-6972, VDB-6973 and VDB-6974. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 841230
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OpenVAS ID: 892583
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2583-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 17.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2012-91
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman, Andrew McCreight , Bob Clary
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5842 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5842
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6986

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X-Force: 80169
SecurityFocus: 56611 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-5842 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 51358 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 87596
SecurityTracker: 1027791 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 37358 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities - CVE-2012-5842, Critical

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

Created: 11/23/2012 13:39
Updated: 01/31/2018 09:54
Changes: 11/23/2012 13:39 (88), 01/31/2018 09:54 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:417:103

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