Mozilla Firefox 37.x on Windows IPC Channel resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 37.x on Windows. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IPC Channel Handler. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2011-3079. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 37.x on Windows (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component IPC Channel Handler. 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 Inter-process Communication (IPC) implementation in Google Chrome before 18.0.1025.168, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 and other products, does not properly validate messages, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

The weakness was shared 05/12/2015 by Jed Davis and Christoph Diehl (PinkiePie) as MFSA 2015-57 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-3079 since 08/09/2011. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83800 (openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2015-374)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 167834 (OpenSuSE Security Update for MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-SU-2015:0935-1)).

Upgrading to version 38 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 (75271), Tenable (83800), SecurityFocus (BID 53309†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032301†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-50134†). Further details are available at bugzilla.mozilla.org. The entries VDB-5332, VDB-5333, VDB-5334 and VDB-5337 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 37.x
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.6
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 31.6

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 83800
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2015-374)
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OpenVAS ID: 71386
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: chromium
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 38

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08/09/2011 🔍
04/30/2012 +265 days 🔍
05/01/2012 +1 days 🔍
05/12/2015 +1106 days 🔍
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05/26/2015 +13 days 🔍
11/25/2025 +3836 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2015-57
Researcher: Jed Davis, Christoph Diehl (PinkiePie)
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-3079 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3079
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-75354

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X-Force: 75271
SecurityFocus: 53309 - Google Chrome Prior to 18.0.1025.168 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 48992
SecurityTracker: 1032301 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 50134 - Google Chrome < 18.0.1025.168 Inter-Process Communication Message Validation Failure Vulnerability, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/13/2015 12:38
Updated: 11/25/2025 19:00
Changes: 05/13/2015 12:38 (85), 06/28/2017 06:37 (4), 05/17/2022 11:35 (3), 05/17/2022 11:43 (1), 11/25/2025 19:00 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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