Mozilla Firefox 42 on 64-bit MP4 Playback readMetaData numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 42 on 64-bit. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function MPEG4Extractor::readMetaData of the component MP4 Playback. This manipulation causes numeric error. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7213. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 42 on 64-bit (Web Browser). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function MPEG4Extractor::readMetaData of the component MP4 Playback. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 12/15/2015 by Ronald Crane as MFSA2015-146 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-7213 since 09/16/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The advisory points out:

Security researcher Ronald Crane reported a vulnerability found through code inspection. This issue is an integer overflow while processing an MP4 format video file when an a erroneously-small buffer is allocated and then overrun, resulting in a potentially exploitable crash.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87425 (CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:2657)), 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 157094 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for thunderbird (ELSA-2016-0001)).

Upgrading to version 43 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 (87425), SecurityFocus (BID 79279†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55305†). The entries VDB-79804, VDB-79805, VDB-79809 and VDB-79818 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 87425
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:2657)
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OpenVAS ID: 703422
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3422-1 (iceweasel - security update)
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Upgrade: Firefox 43

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2015-146
Researcher: Ronald Crane
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7213 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7213
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79819

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SecurityFocus: 79279
SecurityTracker: 1034426
Vulnerability Center: 55305 - Mozilla Firefox <43, ESR <38.5 Remote DoS or Code Execution MP4 Playback - CVE-2015-7213, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/16/2015 11:38
Updated: 10/23/2024 01:14
Changes: 12/16/2015 11:38 (71), 05/15/2018 09:17 (9), 07/01/2022 09:08 (4), 10/23/2024 01:14 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:F9C:103

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