Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 17.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-0770. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0 (Web Browser). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 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 01/08/2013 by Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Julian Seward and Scoobidiver (regenrecht) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as MFSA 2013-01 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-0770 since 01/02/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful 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 63463 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (a4ed6632-5aa9-11e2-8fcb-c8600054b392)), 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 166684 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for MozillaFirefox (SUSE-SU-2013:0292-1)).

Upgrading to version 18.0 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 (81049), Tenable (63463), SecurityFocus (BID 57185†), OSVDB (88999†) and Secunia (SA51752†). The entries VDB-7280, VDB-7281, VDB-7283 and VDB-7284 are pretty similar. 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: 63463
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (a4ed6632-5aa9-11e2-8fcb-c8600054b392)
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OpenVAS ID: 803207
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities-05 January13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 18.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-01
Researcher: Jesse Ruderman, Christian Holler, Julian Seward, Scoobidiver (regenrecht)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0770 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0770
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7282

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X-Force: 81049 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey CVE-2013-0770 code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 57185 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2013-01 through -20 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 51752 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 88999
SecurityTracker: 1027955 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof URLs, and Bypass Same-Origin Policy
Vulnerability Center: 37982 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution - CVE-2013-0770, Medium

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

Created: 01/10/2013 14:39
Updated: 04/20/2021 16:41
Changes: 01/10/2013 14:39 (53), 01/31/2018 09:54 (41), 04/20/2021 16:41 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:FDA:103

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