Mozilla Firefox 41 libjar ZIP Archive memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 41. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component libjar. The manipulation as part of ZIP Archive leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7194. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 41 (Web Browser). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component libjar. The manipulation as part of a ZIP Archive leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer underflow in libjar in Mozilla Firefox before 42.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ZIP archive.

The weakness was disclosed 11/03/2015 as MFSA 2015-12 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7194 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86726 (CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:1982)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 175574 (Debian Security Update for icedove (DSA 3410-1)).

Upgrading 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 (107807), Tenable (86726), SecurityFocus (BID 77411†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54163†). The entries VDB-69224, VDB-76999, VDB-77077 and VDB-77078 are pretty similar. 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: 86726
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:1982)
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OpenVAS ID: 703393
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3393-1 (iceweasel - security update)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2015-12
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7194 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7194
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79037

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X-Force: 107807 - Mozilla Firefox libjar denial of service
SecurityFocus: 77411
SecurityTracker: 1034069
Vulnerability Center: 54163 - Mozilla Firefox <42 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 Remote DoS or Code Execution via a Crafted ZIP File - CVE-2015-7194, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2015 10:18
Updated: 10/23/2024 00:48
Changes: 11/05/2015 10:18 (77), 03/10/2018 11:34 (1), 06/26/2022 09:23 (3), 10/23/2024 00:48 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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