Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 17.0 AutoWrapperChanger Class resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component AutoWrapperChanger Class. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-0745. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component AutoWrapperChanger Class. 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. CVE summarizes:

The AutoWrapperChanger class 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 does not properly interact with garbage collection, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML document referencing JavaScript objects.

The weakness was released 01/08/2013 by Olli Pettay (regenrecht) with Mozilla Corporation as MFSA 2013-08 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-0745 since 01/02/2013. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require 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 (89013†), Secunia (SA51752†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027955†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-7280, VDB-7281, VDB-7282 and VDB-7283. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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: 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 2013-08
Researcher: Olli Pettay (regenrecht)
Organization: Mozilla Corporation
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0745 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0745
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7296

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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: 89013
SecurityTracker: 1027955 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof URLs, and Bypass Same-Origin Policy
Vulnerability Center: 37998 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution - CVE-2013-0745, Medium

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

Created: 01/10/2013 17:20
Updated: 04/20/2021 17:46
Changes: 01/10/2013 17:20 (86), 01/31/2018 09:54 (5), 04/20/2021 17:46 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:E19:103

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