Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 16.0.1/16.0.2 XPCWrappedNative::Mark resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 16.0.1/16.0.2 and classified as critical. The impacted element is the function XPCWrappedNative::Mark. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-4212. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 16.0.1/16.0.2 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is the function XPCWrappedNative::Mark. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the XPCWrappedNative::Mark function in Mozilla Firefox before 17.0, Thunderbird before 17.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.14 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was presented 11/20/2012 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security as mfsa2012-105 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-4212 since 08/08/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details and also a private exploit are known.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 803058 , 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 165846 (SUSE Security Update to Firefox 17.0 and other Mozilla (openSUSE-SU-2013:0175-1)).

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 (80191), Tenable (803058), SecurityFocus (BID 56629†), OSVDB (87605†) and Secunia (SA51381†). See VDB-6972, VDB-6973, VDB-6975 and VDB-6979 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 803058
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OpenVAS ID: 72599
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: firefox
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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: mfsa2012-105
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-4212 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-4212
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7003

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X-Force: 80191
SecurityFocus: 56629 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2012-4209 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 51381 - Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 87605
Vulnerability Center: 37369 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2012-4212, Critical

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

Created: 11/26/2012 11:20
Updated: 01/31/2018 09:54
Changes: 11/26/2012 11:20 (86), 01/31/2018 09:54 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:C33:103

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