Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 17.0 Jsval-returning Quickstubs memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Jsval-returning Quickstubs. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-0746. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 17.0 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Jsval-returning Quickstubs. 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:

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 do not properly implement quickstubs that use the jsval data type for their return values, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (compartment mismatch and application crash) via crafted JavaScript code that is not properly handled during garbage collection.

The weakness was disclosed 01/08/2013 by Boris Zbarsky (regenrecht) with Mozilla Corporation as MFSA 2013-09 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-0746 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 63431 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-2013:0144)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS 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 (63431), SecurityFocus (BID 57185†), OSVDB (89014†) and Secunia (SA51752†). The entries VDB-7280, VDB-7281, VDB-7282 and VDB-7283 are pretty similar. 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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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 63431
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox / xulrunner (CESA-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 2013-09
Researcher: Boris Zbarsky (regenrecht)
Organization: Mozilla Corporation
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0746 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0746
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7297

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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: 89014
SecurityTracker: 1027955 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof URLs, and Bypass Same-Origin Policy
Vulnerability Center: 38108 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote DoS \\ Code Execution - CVE-2013-0746, Critical

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

Created: 01/10/2013 17:22
Updated: 04/20/2021 17:51
Changes: 01/10/2013 17:22 (54), 01/31/2018 09:54 (41), 04/20/2021 17:51 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:C48:103

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