Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2 NextState memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is the function nsCodingStateMachine::NextState. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-0779. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 18.0.2 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function nsCodingStateMachine::NextState. 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. CVE summarizes:

The nsCodingStateMachine::NextState function in Mozilla Firefox before 19.0, Thunderbird before 17.0.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.16 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 02/19/2013 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as MFSA 2013-28 as confirmed advisory (Mozilla Blog). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-0779 since 01/02/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a private exploit are known.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70183 (GLSA-201309-23 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166191 (SUSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox 19 (openSUSE-SU-2013:0323-1)).

Upgrading to version 19.0 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 (70183), SecurityFocus (BID 58030†), OSVDB (90419†), Secunia (SA52240†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1028162†). The entries VDB-7761, VDB-7763, VDB-7764 and VDB-7765 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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: 70183
Nessus Name: GLSA-201309-23 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 803423
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities -01 Feb13 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 19.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2013-28
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0779 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0779
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7762

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SecurityFocus: 58030 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2013-21 through -28 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 52240 - Ubuntu update for firefox, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 90419
SecurityTracker: 1028162 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 38491 - Mozilla Web Browsers nsCodingStateMachine::NextState Function Allows Remote DoS\\ Code Execution, Medium

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

Created: 02/21/2013 15:01
Updated: 05/05/2021 11:03
Changes: 02/21/2013 15:01 (87), 04/24/2017 20:03 (5), 05/05/2021 11:03 (2)
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