Mozilla Firefox 41 OCTET STRING memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 41. Affected is an unknown function of the component OCTET STRING Handler. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-7182. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 41 (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component OCTET STRING Handler. 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 weakness was published 11/03/2015 by David Keeler as MFSA 2015-13 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-7182 since 09/16/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86770 (Amazon Linux AMI : nspr / nss-util,nss,jss (ALAS-2015-608)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350094 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for nspr,nss-util,nss,jss: ALAS-2015-608).

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 (107815), Tenable (86770), SecurityFocus (BID 77416†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56401†). Similar entries are available at VDB-69225, VDB-79039, VDB-79040 and VDB-79041. 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: 86770
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : nspr / nss-util,nss,jss (ALAS-2015-608)
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OpenVAS ID: 703393
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3393-1 (iceweasel - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2015-13
Researcher: David Keeler
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7182 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7182
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79045

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X-Force: 107815 - Mozilla Firefox OCTET STRING buffer overflow
SecurityFocus: 77416 - Mozilla Network Security Services Memory Corruption and Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034069
Vulnerability Center: 56401 - Mozilla Firefox before 42 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.4 Remote DoS due to an Issue in NSS - CVE-2015-7182, High

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2015 10:20
Updated: 10/23/2024 00:22
Changes: 11/05/2015 10:20 (62), 07/23/2018 07:50 (18), 06/26/2022 09:47 (3), 06/26/2022 09:49 (10), 10/23/2024 00:22 (25)
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