Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 17.0 Destroy resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function TableBackgroundPainter::TableBackgroundData::Destroy. Performing a manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-0744. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0 (Web Browser). This affects the function TableBackgroundPainter::TableBackgroundData::Destroy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Use-after-free vulnerability in the TableBackgroundPainter::TableBackgroundData::Destroy function in Mozilla Firefox before 18.0, Firefox ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, Thunderbird before 17.0.2, Thunderbird ESR 10.x before 10.0.12 and 17.x before 17.0.2, and SeaMonkey before 2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an HTML document with a table containing many columns and column groups.

The weakness was presented 01/08/2013 by Atte Kettunen (regenrecht) with Oulu University Secure Programming Group as MFSA 2013-05 as confirmed bulletin (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0744 since 01/02/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a private exploit are known.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68707 (Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2013-0144)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120795 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0144)).

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 (81800), Tenable (68707), SecurityFocus (BID 57185†), OSVDB (89010†) and Secunia (SA51752†). See VDB-7280, VDB-7281, VDB-7282 and VDB-7283 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 68707
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2013-0144)
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OpenVAS ID: 881565
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for firefox CESA-2013:0144 centos5
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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 2013-05
Researcher: Atte Kettunen (regenrecht)
Organization: Oulu University Secure Programming Group
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CVE: CVE-2013-0744 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0744
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7293

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X-Force: 81800 - Oracle Java Runtime Environment CVE-2013-0438 information disclosure, Medium 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: 89010
SecurityTracker: 1027955 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof URLs, and Bypass Same-Origin Policy
Vulnerability Center: 38109 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote DoS \\ Code Execution - CVE-2013-0744, Critical

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

Created: 01/10/2013 16:15
Updated: 04/20/2021 17:28
Changes: 01/10/2013 16:15 (54), 01/31/2018 09:54 (43), 04/20/2021 17:28 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:471:103

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