Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 17.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0768. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. 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 summary by CVE is:

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Canvas implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML document that specifies invalid width and height values.

The weakness was released 01/08/2013 by Sviatoslav Chagaev (miaubiz) with TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative as MFSA 2013-03 as confirmed posting (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-0768 since 01/02/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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 Tenable (63463), SecurityFocus (BID 57185†), OSVDB (89008†), Secunia (SA51752†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027955†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-7280, VDB-7281, VDB-7282 and VDB-7283. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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

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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: 803205
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Products Multiple Vulnerabilities-04 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 2013-03
Researcher: Sviatoslav Chagaev (miaubiz)
Organization: TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0768 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0768
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7291

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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: 89008
SecurityTracker: 1027955 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof URLs, and Bypass Same-Origin Policy
Vulnerability Center: 37981 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote DoS - CVE-2013-0768, High

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

Created: 01/10/2013 15:02
Updated: 04/20/2021 17:20
Changes: 01/10/2013 15:02 (85), 01/31/2018 09:54 (5), 04/20/2021 17:20 (3)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216:C2F:103

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