Mozilla Firefox up to 40 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 40. This impacts an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-4500. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Mozilla Firefox up to 40 (Web Browser). This affects some unknown processing of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 09/24/2015 by Christian Holler (Website). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-4500 since 06/10/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86514 (CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:1834)), 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 168202 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SU-2015:2081-1)).

Upgrading to version 41.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20821.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (106626), Tenable (86514), SecurityFocus (BID 76816†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52948†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-78022, VDB-78027, VDB-78030 and VDB-78032. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86514
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:1834)
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OpenVAS ID: 703365
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3365-1 (iceweasel - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 41.0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: RHSA-2015:1834
Researcher: Christian Holler
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-4500 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4500
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78021

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X-Force: 106626 - Mozilla Firefox browser engine code execution
SecurityFocus: 76816 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1033640
Vulnerability Center: 52948 - Mozilla Firefox before 41 and Firefox ESR 38 before 38.3 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-4500, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/25/2015 17:55
Updated: 10/22/2024 23:08
Changes: 09/25/2015 17:55 (64), 01/03/2018 09:54 (13), 06/18/2022 21:31 (4), 06/18/2022 21:45 (1), 06/18/2022 21:59 (2), 10/22/2024 23:08 (15)
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