Mozilla Firefox 45 Browser Engine memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 45 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Browser Engine. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-2804. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 45 (Web Browser). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Browser Engine. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0 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 presented 04/26/2016 as MFSA 2016-39 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-2804 since 03/01/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/27/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91255 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : firefox regression (USN-2936-3)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168818 (OpenSuSE Security Update for MozillaFirefox, (openSUSE-SU-2016:1211-1)).

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 (112651) and Tenable (91255). See VDB-82966, VDB-82967, VDB-82969 and VDB-82970 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 91255
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : firefox regression (USN-2936-3)
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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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04/26/2016 +56 days 🔍
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04/28/2016 +2 days 🔍
04/30/2016 +2 days 🔍
05/19/2016 +18 days 🔍
07/27/2022 +2260 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA 2016-39
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-2804 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-2804
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-82968
X-Force: 112651 - Mozilla Firefox code execution
SecurityTracker: 1035692

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/28/2016 10:42
Updated: 07/27/2022 08:50
Changes: 04/28/2016 10:42 (63), 10/29/2018 06:07 (15), 07/27/2022 08:50 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:02C:103

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