Mozilla Firefox 45 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 45 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-2806. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 45 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation with an unknown input 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 04/26/2016 as MFSA 2016-39 as confirmed security advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at mozilla.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-2806 since 03/01/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/27/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90753 (Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196461 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Vulnerabilities (USN-2936-1)).

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 (112650) and Tenable (90753). The entries VDB-82966, VDB-82968, VDB-82969 and VDB-82970 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 90753
Nessus Name: Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64
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OpenVAS ID: 862675
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox Security Updates( mfsa_2016-39_2016-48 )-Windows
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Recommended: Upgrade
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03/01/2016 🔍
04/26/2016 +56 days 🔍
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04/27/2016 +0 days 🔍
04/28/2016 +1 days 🔍
04/30/2016 +2 days 🔍
07/27/2022 +2279 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2016-39
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-2806 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2806
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82967

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X-Force: 112650 - Mozilla Firefox code execution
SecurityTracker: 1035692

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/28/2016 10:42
Updated: 07/27/2022 08:48
Changes: 04/28/2016 10:42 (63), 10/29/2018 06:07 (15), 07/27/2022 08:48 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:258:103

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