Mozilla Firefox up to 19.0.2 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 19.0.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2013-0788. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox up to 19.0.2 (Web Browser). This affects an unknown code block. 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 20.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, Thunderbird before 17.0.5, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.17 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 shared 04/02/2013 by Olli Pettay, Jesse Ruderman, Boris Zbarsky, Christian Holler, Milan Sreckovic, Joe Drew and Cody Crews with Oracle as MFSA2013-30 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0788 since 01/02/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68801 (Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2013-0696)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121048 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2013:0696)).

Upgrading to version 20.0 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 X-Force (81800), Tenable (68801), SecurityFocus (BID 57708†), OSVDB (91874†) and Secunia (SA52293†). The entries VDB-7284, VDB-7285, VDB-7286 and VDB-7292 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 68801
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 / 6 : firefox (ELSA-2013-0696)
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OpenVAS ID: 892699
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2699-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 20.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2013-30
Researcher: Olli Pettay, Jesse Ruderman, Boris Zbarsky, Christian Holler, Milan Sreckovic, Joe Drew, Cody Crews
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0788 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0788
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8139

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X-Force: 81800 - Oracle Java Runtime Environment CVE-2013-0438 information disclosure, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 57708 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2013-0438 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Secunia: 52293 - Mozilla Firefox / Thunderbird / SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 91874
SecurityTracker: 1028379 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Conduct Phishing and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 38992 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Browser Engine Memory Corruption - CVE-2013-0788, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2013 11:35
Updated: 01/31/2018 09:53
Changes: 04/04/2013 11:35 (88), 01/31/2018 09:53 (6)
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Committer: olku
Cache ID: 216::103

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