Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird up to 19.0.2 Plug-in Code memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 19.0.2. This impacts an unknown function of the component Plug-in Code. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-0790. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 19.0.2 (Web Browser) and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Plug-in Code. 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 summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 20.0 on Android allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors involving a plug-in.

The weakness was shared 04/02/2013 by Jim Chen (Cody Crews) with Dell as confirmed changelog entry (Website). The advisory is shared at nist.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-0790 since 01/02/2013. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/06/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65847 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (94976433-9c74-11e2-a9fc-d43d7e0c7c02)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165778 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SU-2013:0645-1)).

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 (83178), Tenable (65847), SecurityFocus (BID 58818†), OSVDB (91884†) and Secunia (SA52886†). The entries VDB-8139, VDB-8140, VDB-8141 and VDB-8142 are related to this item. 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: 65847
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (94976433-9c74-11e2-a9fc-d43d7e0c7c02)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 20.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: nist.gov
Researcher: Jim Chen (Cody Crews)
Organization: Dell
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0790 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0790
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8149

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X-Force: 83178
SecurityFocus: 58818 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2013-30 through -40 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 52886 - Mozilla Firefox for Android Stack Corruption Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 91884
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: 38998 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Browser Engine Memory Corruption - CVE-2013-0790, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/04/2013 16:05
Updated: 05/06/2021 17:21
Changes: 04/04/2013 16:05 (78), 04/26/2017 18:13 (7), 05/06/2021 17:21 (2)
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